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dies_fw-la moritur_fw-la in_o noctem_fw-la &_o tenebrisusquequaque_fw-la sepelitur_fw-la funestatur_fw-la mundi_fw-la honour_n omnis_fw-la substantia_fw-la denigratur_fw-la sordent_fw-la silent_a stupent_fw-la cuncta_fw-la ubique_fw-la justitium_fw-la est_fw-la tertul._n de_fw-fr resurrec_n car._n talia_n agentem_fw-la atque_fw-la meditantem_fw-la mors_fw-la praevenit_fw-la sueton._n psal._n 49.16_o 17._o 17._o as_o our_o divine_a poet_n express_v it_o the_o brag_n of_o life_n be_v but_o a_o nine_o day_n wonder_v and_o after_o death_n the_o fume_n that_o spring_v from_o private_a body_n make_v as_o big_a a_o thunder_n as_o those_o that_o rise_v from_o a_o huge_a king_n herbert_n 2_o king_n 9.37_o isa._n 14.11_o heb._n 9.27_o act_n 24.25_o heb._n 10.31_o praestat_fw-la semel_fw-la mori_fw-la quam_fw-la semper_fw-la timere_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rom._n 8.15_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o tim._n 1.7_o eccles._n 11.7_o prov._n 29._o job_n 36.21_o rev._n 21._o nullum_fw-la malum_fw-la sine_fw-la effugio_fw-la senec._n timor_fw-la fugam_fw-la perdidit_fw-la 1_o sam._n 28._o dan._n 5.1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o amos_n 6.3_o 4._o aelian_a 2_o cor._n 5.11_o heb._n 11._o 1_o tim._n 2.6_o 1_o pet._n 1._o 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z 1_o cor._n 15._o gal._n 3._o isa._n 53._o heb._n 12._o 1_o cor._n 10.33_o rev._n 2._o 1_o thess._n 4.14_o anon_o long_a gloriosius_fw-la fuit_fw-la quandoquidem_fw-la totum_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la agebatur_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la passio_fw-la corporis_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la cordis_fw-la affectio_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la faceret_fw-la et_fw-la quos_fw-la vivificabat_fw-la mors_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la &_o trepidatio_fw-la robustos_fw-la &_o moestitia_fw-la laetos_fw-la &_o taedium_fw-la alacres_fw-la &_o turbatio_fw-la quietos_fw-la facecet_fw-la &_o desolatio_fw-la consolatos_fw-la bern._n serm._n 1._o de_fw-fr s._n andr._n isa._n 57.1_o 2._o luke_n 2._o john_n 6.48_o 6.48_o dies_fw-la iste_fw-la quem_fw-la tu_fw-la tanquam_fw-la supremum_fw-la reformidas_fw-la aeterni_fw-la natalis_fw-la est_fw-la senec._n job_n 14.1_o tempus_fw-la angustatur_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la dilatatur_fw-la ad_fw-la miseriam_fw-la miseriam_fw-la omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la aut_fw-la sunt_fw-la penitus_fw-la caro_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la habent_fw-la spiritus_fw-la two_o sunt_fw-la infideles_fw-la sine_fw-la regeneratione_n aut_fw-la sunt_fw-la tantum_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sine_fw-la carne_fw-la two_o sunt_fw-la sancti_fw-la qui_fw-la jam_fw-la in_o coelo_fw-la aeterna_fw-la fruuntur_fw-la pace_fw-la sine_fw-la pugna_fw-la aut_fw-la sunt_fw-la partim_fw-la spiritus_fw-la partim_fw-la caro_fw-la two_o sunt_fw-la omnes_fw-la renati_fw-la per_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la in_o christo._n aug._n cont_n jul._n 1_o cor._n 13._o 1_o john_n 3_o rom._n 8._o 8._o poterat_fw-la autem_fw-la christus_fw-la etiam_fw-la hoc_fw-la donare_fw-la credentibus_fw-la ut_fw-la nec_fw-la istius_fw-la experiâ—entur_fw-la corporis_fw-la mortem_fw-la sed_fw-la si_fw-la hoc_fw-la fecisset_fw-la carni_fw-la quaedam_fw-la foelicitas_fw-la adderetur_fw-la minueretur_fw-la fidei_fw-la fortitudo_fw-la quid_fw-la enim_fw-la magnum_fw-la erat_fw-la vivendo_fw-la eos_fw-la non_fw-la mâ—â—i_fw-la qui_fw-la crederent_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la morituros_fw-la quanto_fw-la est_fw-la majus_fw-la quanto_fw-la fortius_fw-la quanto_fw-la laudabilius_fw-la ita_fw-la credere_fw-la ut_fw-la se_fw-la speret_fw-la moriturus_fw-la sine_fw-la sine_fw-la victurum_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr pecc_fw-la mort._n lib._n 2._o exercitia_fw-la nobis_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la funera_fw-la daunt_v animo_fw-la fortitudinis_fw-la gloriam_fw-la contemptu_fw-la mortis_fw-la praeparant_fw-la ad_fw-la coronam_fw-la cypr._n the_o mortal_a mortal_a nomen_fw-la terrae_fw-la in_o igni_fw-la reliquit_fw-la tertul._n rom._n 1.11_o act_n 2.24_o rom._n 4._o heb._n 13._o 13._o qui_fw-la sibi_fw-la ipse_fw-la pulcherrimum_n medicamentum_fw-la celsus_n ephes._n 2.6_o exod._n 10.26_o mat._n 27.52_o 53._o phil._n 3.1_o rom._n 8.23_o 1_o cor._n 15._o 1_o cor._n 15._o mark_v 9_o 9_o foelices_fw-la errore_fw-la svo_fw-la quos_fw-la ille_fw-la timorum_fw-la maximus_fw-la haud_fw-la urget_fw-la leti_fw-la metus_fw-la inde_fw-la ruendi_fw-la in_o ferrrum_fw-la mens_fw-la prona_fw-la viris_fw-la animaeque_fw-la capaces_fw-la mortis_fw-la &_o ignavum_fw-la rediturae_fw-la parcere_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la lucan_n 1_o john_n 5.12_o rom._n 8.1_o revel_v 1_o cor._n 15.22_o 1_o cor._n 6.17_o john_n 6.36_o 2_o king_n 4.34_o gal._n 2.20_o john_n 15.26_o rom._n 1.4_o rom._n 8.9_o rom._n 8.11_o 2_o cor._n 5.17_o revel_v 1._o macti_fw-la ingenio_fw-la este_fw-la coeli_fw-la interpretes_n rerumque_fw-la naturae_fw-la capaces_fw-la argumenti_fw-la repertores_fw-la quo_fw-la deos_fw-la hominesque_fw-la vinxistis_fw-la plin._n lib._n 2._o 2._o foelix_fw-la qui_fw-la potuit_fw-la rerum_fw-la cognoscere_fw-la causas_fw-la atque_fw-la metus_fw-la mortis_fw-la &_o inexorabile_fw-la fatum_fw-la subjecit_fw-la pedibus_fw-la virgil._n act_n 20.21_o heb._n 6.1_o 2_o cor._n 5.14_o athen._n heb_n 2.7_o 8._o quis_fw-la enim_fw-la satis_fw-la explicet_fw-la verbis_fw-la quantum_fw-la mali_fw-la sit_fw-la non_fw-la obedire_fw-la tanto_fw-la potestatis_fw-la imperio_fw-la &_o tanto_fw-la tenenti_fw-la supplicio_fw-la nemo_fw-la ergo_fw-la sibi_fw-la promittat_fw-la quod_fw-la evangelium_fw-la non_fw-la promittit_fw-la aug._n jer._n 13.16_o psal_n 78.34_o 36._o rom._n 2._o 1_o sam._n 26.21_o prov._n 1_o matth._n 25._o male_a cum_fw-la his_fw-la agitur_fw-la quibus_fw-la necessitas_fw-la incumbit_fw-la belli_fw-la &_o morbi_fw-la vâ—g_v vâ—g_v quod_fw-la alicui_fw-la gratiosè_fw-la conceditur_fw-la trahi_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la in_o exemplum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys._n vix_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la quantos_fw-la haec_fw-la inanis_fw-la spei_fw-la umbra_fw-la deceperit_fw-la aug._n aug._n tull._n tully_n tully_n miserrimum_fw-la morbi_fw-la genus_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la aeger_fw-la &_o siti_fw-la &_o aquae_fw-la metu_fw-la cruciatur_fw-la quorum_fw-la spes_fw-la in_o angusto_fw-la est_fw-la cels._n john_n 17._o haec_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la infoelicitas_fw-la hominum_fw-la propter_fw-la quae_fw-la peccant_a morientes_fw-la hic_fw-la dimittunt_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la peccata_fw-la secum_fw-la portant_fw-la aug._n stemus_fw-la expeditae_fw-la ad_fw-la omnem_fw-la vim_o nihil_fw-la habentes_fw-la quod_fw-la relinquere_fw-la timeamus_fw-la retinacula_fw-la ista_fw-la sunt_fw-la spei_fw-la nostrae_fw-la de_fw-fr cult_a foem_n josh._n 3.16_o ad_fw-la instar_fw-la montis_fw-la intumescentis_fw-la apparebant_fw-la procul_fw-la 1_o john_n 1.3_o heb._n 11.1_o 2_o cor._n 5.1_o epist._n