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of_o reflection_n turn_v the_o sensual_a career_n and_o jocularity_n of_o the_o year_n into_o a_o christian_a sorrow_n and_o humiliation_n for_o as_o tertullian_n say_v qui_fw-la deum_fw-la per_fw-la escas_fw-la colit_fw-la prope_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la deum_fw-la ventrem_fw-la habeat_fw-la he_o that_o worship_v god_n only_o with_o feast_n be_v somewhat_o suspicious_a of_o make_v his_o belly_n his_o god_n this_o day_n be_v unto_o lent_n as_o a_o fair_a portal_n to_o a_o goodly_a build_n and_o be_v of_o very_o grave_a antiquity_n carry_v in_o its_o very_a name_n emblem_n of_o mortification_n ash_n and_o first_o put_v on_o we_o the_o weed_n of_o sorrow_n 3.19_o gen._n 3.19_o sackcloth_n a_o strong_a and_o needful_a reflection_n on_o that_o gen._n 3._o pulvis_fw-la &_o cinis_fw-la es_fw-la dust_n thou_o be_v and_o to_o dust_n shall_v thou_o return_v check_v our_o extravagancy_n and_o bring_v we_o into_o job_n good_a company_n 42.6_o job_n 42.6_o chap._n 42._o that_o be_v more_o sinful_a 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my_o throat_n be_v dry_a say_v he_o my_o eye_n fail_v tear_n be_v his_o food_n by_o day_n and_o his_o bath_n by_o night_n then_o s._n peter_n no_o man_n ever_o mourn_v more_o bitter_o with_o great_a compunction_n of_o heart_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bitter_o then_o marry_o magdalene_n none_o ever_o weep_v more_o for_o the_o time_n more_o abundant_o even_o till_o she_o almost_o actuate_v jeremiah_n wish_n her_o eye_n turn_v river_n and_o her_o head_n a_o fountain_n she_o lock_n by_o a_o just_a penance_n of_o net_n become_v towel_n for_o the_o foot_n of_o christ_n quos_fw-la secutus_fw-la es_fw-la peccantes_fw-la sequere_fw-la poenitentes_fw-la this_o day_n call_v on_o thou_o to_o follow_v those_o in_o penitence_n who_o perhaps_o thou_o have_v outgo_v in_o wickedness_n hic_fw-la fluxus_fw-la oculorum_fw-la ne_fw-la post_fw-la haec_fw-la stridor_fw-la dentium_fw-la we_o fill_v the_o world_n with_o sin_n and_o sin_n fill_v we_o with_o sorrow_n which_o that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v eternal_a must_v be_v temporal_a here_o must_v be_v a_o sorrow_n of_o compunction_n that_o hereafter_o none_o of_o condemnation_n in_o odour_n horum_fw-la unguentorum_fw-la as_o one_o say_v sweet_o we_o can_v possible_o follow_v christ_n in_o the_o send_v of_o sweet_a ointment_n then_o of_o these_o example_n this_o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n 2_o cor._n 7.10_o etc._n etc._n tother_o work_v death_n this_o be_v the_o godly_a sorrow_n that_o by_o joel_n and_o his_o other_o prophet_n god_n so_o earnest_o so_o often_o call_v for_o not_o that_o he_o be_v a_o hard_a master_n and_o delight_n in_o his_o servant_n affliction_n but_o only_o as_o it_o be_v the_o furnace_n to_o burnish_v his_o gold_n and_o silver_n purge_v out_o the_o tin_n and_o you_o may_v see_v the_o rare_a effect_n of_o it_o 7.11_o 2_o cor._n 7.11_o 2_o cor._n 7._o and_o heaven_n grant_v we_o may_v feel_v they_o too_o well_o usher_v with_o a_o ecce_fw-la behold_v say_v the_o apostle_n this_o self_n same_o thing_n that_o you_o sorrow_v after_o a_o godly_a sort_n what_o carefulness_n it_o wrought_v in_o you_o yea_o what_o clear_v of_o yourselves_o yea_o what_o indignation_n yea_o what_o fear_n yea_o what_o vehement_a desire_n yea_o what_o zeal_n yea_o what_o revenge_n in_o all_o thing_n approve_v of_o yourselves_o too_o god_n such_o be_v the_o happy_a consequent_n of_o true_a contrition_n circumspection_n without_o renovation_n within_o approbation_n above_o consolation_n in_o all_o yet_o all_o this_o amount_v not_o to_o any_o precedent_n or_o encouragement_n for_o those_o antique_a formalite_n and_o bloody_a discipline_n now_o use_v by_o some_o not_o only_o to_o the_o impair_n of_o health_n but_o sometime_o to_o the_o hasten_v of_o death_n also_o and_o too_o far_o approve_v by_o some_o casuist_n which_o if_o free_a from_o delusion_n if_o such_o be_v not_o half_a felones_n de_fw-fr se_fw-la or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d my_o charity_n forbear_v to_o pseudomartyr_n to_o vide_fw-la 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