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chapitre_fw-fr that_o thoe_n that_o have_v be_v blest_o shall_v therefore_o have_v no_o rest_n by_o day_n nor_o night_n then_o mow_v the_o sinner_n we_o will_v say_v as_z it_o be_v write_v in_o isay_n in_o the_o xxxviij_o chapitre_fw-fr i_o shall_v not_o see_v our_o lord_n god_n in_o the_o kue_a land_n nor_o i_o shall_v no_o more_o behold_v any_o man_n that_o be_v inhabitour_n of_o rest_n semblable_a as_o it_o be_v write_v in_o iheremye_n the_o xlv_o chapitre_fw-fr alas_o i_o be_o unhappy_a for_z our_o lord_n have_v addid_a in_o i_o sorrow_n to_o sorrow_n for_z i_o can_v find_v no_o rest_n sorrow_n shall_v be_v thene_n cast_v at_o his_o heed_n and_o alle_fw-mi iniquite_v shall_v descend_v upon_o he_o now_o by_o thigh_n thingis_fw-la above_o say_v it_o manifest_o appear_v how_o such_o as_o descend_v into_o hell_n be_v punissh_v with_o many_o diverse_a payneeâ—_n &_o therefore_o i_o thinkith_o dear_a brethren_n how_o it_o shall_v be_v often_o in_o your_o remembrance_n to_o defend_v you_o from_o fall_a to_o sin_n whereby_o you_o shall_v lâ—se_v the_o company_n of_o the_o â—â—â—py_a and_o blissh_v seinâ—eeâ—_n and_o the_o celestiale_fw-la glory_n which_o be_v perourable_a and_o shall_v dure_v world_n without_o end_n ¶_o how_o there_o be_v many_o condition_n of_o torment_n increase_v the_o peyne_n of_o helle_n ¶_o the_o third_o chapitre_fw-fr of_o the_o third_o part_n principal_a now_o rest_v to_o declare_v the_o third_o part_n of_o this_o matier_n which_o be_v in_o show_v the_o condition_n of_o thinfernale_a tourmente_n which_o be_v full_o diverse_a certain_a there_o be_v sondery_a condition_n that_o special_o increase_v by_o occasion_n the_o peyne_n of_o hell_n ¶_o the_o first_o be_v bitterness_n weep_a grind_a of_o tooth_n compleyn_a the_z perpetuell_a dethe_v peynfull_a languiss_n in_o despair_n
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