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step_n to_o break_v his_o neck_n and_o therefore_o like_o a_o good_a shepherd_n grieve_v to_o see_v he_o thus_o wilful_o to_o run_v on_o to_o his_o destruction_n he_o call_v out_o aloud_o unto_o he_o tell_v he_o this_o be_v the_o way_n in_o like_a manner_n the_o world_n be_v as_o it_o be_v lose_v and_o blind_v in_o the_o true_a knowledge_n of_o god_n and_o his_o son_n christ_n jesus_n set_v before_o we_o the_o way_n of_o the_o gospel_n he_o cry_v out_o unto_o we_o that_o we_o may_v not_o go_v astray_o haec_fw-la est_fw-la via_fw-la this_o be_v the_o way_n this_o be_v a_o great_a and_o extraordinary_a favour_n and_o the_o prophet_n joel_n give_v the_o parallel_n thereof_o to_o the_o church_n 2._o silij_fw-la zion_n exaltate_fw-la &_o latamini_fw-la in_o domino_fw-la dâ—o_fw-la vestro_fw-la quia_fw-la dedit_fw-la vobis_fw-la doctâ—rem_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la 1._o exalt_v you_o son_n of_o zion_n and_o rejoice_v in_o the_o lord_n your_o god_n who_o have_v give_v you_o a_o teacher_n of_o 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the_o good_a they_o hope_v from_o christ_n and_o this_o adoration_n of_o the_o boâ—ie_n dâ—d_v discover_v the_o baseness_n of_o their_o soul_n thought_n besides_o all_o these_o mischief_n which_o accompany_v ambition_n it_o turn_v it_o to_o be_v â—s_a owner_n torment_v it_o be_v the_o cross_n as_o saint_n bernard_n say_v that_o martyr_n he_o â—â—bitâ—â—_n ambitiosorum_fw-la crux_fw-la saint_n ambrose_n omnes_fw-la tâ—r_fw-la ques_fw-la omnibus_fw-la place_v absalon_n be_v hang_v by_o the_o hair_n of_o his_o head_n in_o token_n that_o his_o own_o ambitious_a humour_n be_v his_o own_o hangman_n saint_n augustine_n say_v ventus_fw-la honoris_fw-la ruina_fw-la universi_fw-la the_o wind_n of_o honour_n be_v the_o world_n ruin_n this_o puff_n of_o wind_n blue_a lucifer_n out_o of_o heaven_n it_o destroy_v paradise_n â—ore_o up_o our_o innocence_n by_o the_o root_n it_o pretend_v to_o build_v tower_n above_o the_o cloud_n in_o the_o scripture_n it_o wrought_v strange_a cruelty_n abimileck_n 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