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history_n to_o praise_v captain_n 218_o singular_a commendation_n of_o cato_n 13_o the_o praise_n of_o the_o strength_n and_o courage_n of_o cato_n ibid._n the_o stone_n ceraunia_n 7_o charity_n excellent_o display_v 2_o charity_n towards_o god_n and_o our_o neighbour_n define_v 469_o charity_n in_o conversation_n define_v ibid._n charity_n with_o the_o act_n thereof_o 91_o a_o excellent_a passage_n of_o charity_n ibid._n charles_n of_o anjou_n be_v take_v and_o put_v to_o death_n 402_o charlemaign_v his_o goodness_n and_o indulgence_n 403_o chastity_n define_v 468_o three_o sort_n of_o chastity_n with_o the_o act_n thereof_o 85_o 86_o a_o royal_a act_n of_o chastity_n in_o a_o soldier_n 230_o s._n paul_n call_v chastity_n sanctification_n 304_o excellent_a instruction_n for_o child_n 343_o chrysaphius_n a_o heretical_a eunuch_n project_v ruin_n to_o theodosius_n his_o court._n 147_o he_o entangle_v the_o emperor_n and_o his_o wife_n in_o the_o heresy_n of_o the_o eutyches_n 148_o christian_n warfare_n delicate_a 2_o to_o do_v good_a and_o suffer_v wrong_a the_o true_a character_n of_o a_o christian_n 48_o virtue_n of_o the_o first_o christian_n 53_o the_o happiness_n to_o be_v bear_v a_o christian_a 339_o solitude_n of_o christian_a religion_n ibid._n clergy_n reform_v 149_o clotilda_n 309_o her_o birth_n and_o education_n ibid._n clodovaeus_n require_v she_o in_o marriage_n ibid._n a_o ambassador_n be_v dispatch_v to_o the_o king_n of_o burgundy_n concern_v the_o marriage_n 310_o her_o first_o request_n to_o king_n clodovaeus_n her_o husband_n 312_o how_o she_o behave_v herself_o in_o the_o conversion_n of_o her_o husband_n 313_o she_o convert_v her_o husband_n 315_o how_o clodovaeus_n behave_v himself_o after_o baptism_n 316_o communion_n without_o preparation_n what_o it_o be_v 72_o what_o ought_v to_o be_v do_v in_o the_o day_n of_o receive_v the_o communion_n 73_o consideration_n for_o communion_n ibid._n fruit_n of_o communion_n ibid._n general_n confession_n of_o sin_n the_o beginning_n of_o spiritual_a life_n 69_o practice_n of_o ordinary_a confession_n 70_o three_o sort_n of_o conscience_n from_o whence_o impiety_n do_v spring_n 26_o horrible_a estate_n of_o a_o sinful_a conscience_n 27_o brutish_a conscience_n ibid._n curious_a conscience_n ibid._n nothing_o so_o please_v as_o the_o house_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n 48_o constancy_n in_o tribulation_n do_v manifest_o appear_v in_o the_o death_n of_o sosia_n and_o eleonora_n 411_o constantia_n her_o exceed_a clemency_n to_o the_o son_n of_o charles_n of_o anjou_n be_v condemn_v to_o death_n 403_o constantine_n law_n 12_o his_o greatness_n 233_o his_o nobility_n 235_o his_o notable_a moderation_n ibid._n he_o be_v breed_v up_o in_o the_o court_n of_o diocletian_a 237_o his_o first_o battle_n against_o lycinius_n 242_o his_o great_a victory_n 243_o his_o first_o marriage_n 244_o the_o beginning_n of_o his_o conversion_n 246_o his_o absolute_a conversion_n ibid._n his_o 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description_n thereof_o 188_o the_o whole_a world_n a_o enemy_n of_o curiosity_n 405_o impious_a curiosity_n pull_v out_o both_o its_o eye_n 27_o dangerous_a curiosity_n 28_o d_o pain_n of_o the_o damn_a be_v eternal_a 431_o three_o reason_n to_o prove_v the_o eternity_n of_o the_o damn_a ibid._n a_o excellent_a conceit_n of_o picus_n mirandula_n concern_v the_o punishment_n of_o the_o damn_a 432_o strange_a narration_n of_o palladius_n concern_v the_o damn_a ibid._n soul_n of_o the_o damn_a torment_v by_o their_o light_n ibid._n daniel_n and_o his_o companion_n breed_v at_o court_n 16_o daniel_n the_o hermit_n have_v see_v a_o vision_n go_v to_o constantine_n and_o speak_v to_o eulogius_n 364_o david_n his_o remedy_n against_o a_o malevolent_a tongue_n 48_o day_n be_v precious_a 94_o motive_n to_o pass_v the_o day_n well_o ibid._n every_o day_n a_o table_n of_o life_n ibid._n to_o provide_v in_o the_o evening_n for_o the_o day_n to_o come_v 95_o three_o part_n of_o the_o day_n ibid._n five_o thing_n to_o be_v practise_v in_o the_o day_n ibid._n desperate_a
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beginning_n of_o his_o debauchedness_n ibid._n solomon_n be_v pervert_v in_o religion_n 156_o the_o estate_n of_o solomon_n in_o the_o other_o world_n ibid._n the_o prodigious_a course_n of_o some_o star_n 74_o the_o evil_a opinion_n of_o the_o stoic_n to_o trust_v altogether_o to_o themselves_o without_o acknowledge_v the_o grace_n and_o assistance_n of_o god_n 283_o the_o birth_n and_o education_n of_o queen_n mary_n stuart_n 291_o her_o return_n into_o scotland_n ibid._n the_o death_n of_o henry_n stuart_n 294_o persecution_n of_o the_o queen_n mary_n stuart_n by_o the_o protestant_n 295_o she_o comfort_v herself_o in_o prison_n and_o hope_v against_o hope_n 296_o she_o escape_v out_o of_o prison_n ibid._n her_o languishment_n in_o her_o imprisonment_n in_o england_n 301_o elizabeth_n hatred_n to_o she_o 304_o the_o process_n against_o the_o queen_n of_o scotland_n ibid._n her_o invincible_a apology_n 305_o the_o unjust_a judgement_n give_v against_o she_o 307_o the_o vain_a 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the_o sense_n of_o evil_n 58_o timidity_n its_o cause_n and_o symptom_n 71_o remedy_n for_o timidity_n in_o declaim_v 72_o timidity_n sometime_o turn_v into_o insolency_n ibid._n remedy_n against_o accidental_a fear_n or_o timidity_n 64_o totilas_n be_v choose_v king_n of_o the_o goth_n 163_o the_o carriage_n of_o truth_n do_v cost_v dear_a at_o court_n 146_o five_o valour_n of_o charles_n the_o simple_a 117_o vagoa_n chamberlain_n to_o holophernes_n 185_o vashâ—â—_n wise_a of_o ahashuerus_n do_v make_v a_o banquet_n for_o the_o woman_n answerable_a to_o the_o king_n her_o husband_n 188_o she_o be_v degrade_v and_o divorce_v ibid._n the_o burn_a of_o vesuvius_n in_o the_o year_n 1631._o 73_o vigilius_n shameful_o use_v 169_o the_o slight_n of_o vigilius_n to_o get_v the_o popedom_n from_o sylverius_n 168_o he_o be_v again_o receive_v into_o favour_n and_o afterward_o dye_v of_o the_o stone_n in_o sicily_n ibid._n the_o death_n of_o uriah_n 146_o w_n the_o greatness_n of_o wisdom_n 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