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accafion_n of_o sin_n which_o you_o will_v not_o avoid_v the_o darling_n passion_n the_o belove_a sin_n which_o man_n hardly_o ever_o mortify_v &_o which_o be_v the_o source_n of_o all_o their_o disorder_n your_o inordinate_a love_n of_o pleasure_n your_o wilful_a ignorance_n of_o the_o duty_n be_v of_o your_o station_n your_o abusive_a and_o scandalous_a raillery_n the_o ill_a use_n of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o time_n of_o grace_n if_o you_o be_v religious_a search_n into_o the_o violation_n of_o your_o vow_n your_o carelessness_n indischarge_v the_o particular_a duty_n be_v of_o your_o call_v these_o be_v the_o thing_n which_o do_v general_o disturb_v we_o on_o a_o deathbed_n and_o make_v our_o salvation_n doubtful_a when_o restitution_n reparation_n of_o honour_n to_o those_o we_o have_v asperse_v when_o quit_v the_o occasion_n of_o sin_n reconcile_n ourselves_o to_o our_o enemy_n precede_v our_o confession_n it_o be_v the_o best_a sign_n that_o our_o sorrow_n and_o resolution_n be_v sincere_a we_o shall_v look_v upon_o this_o day_n communion_n as_o the_o viaticum_fw-la and_o imagine_v that_o we_o hear_v the_o priest_n when_o he_o put_v the_o bless_a host_n into_o our_o mouth_n say_v etc._n accipe_fw-la viaticum_fw-la frater_fw-la corpus_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la etc._n etc._n receive_v dear_a brether_z the_o precious_a body_n and_o blood_n of_o jesus_n christ_n your_o saviour_n to_o be_v your_o viaticum_fw-la in_o your_o passage_n to_o eternity_n the_o act_n follow_v the_o communion_n must_v be_v suitable_a to_o the_o condition_n of_o a_o die_a christian_a which_o we_o shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o make_v when_o we_o be_v indeed_o expire_a have_v regulate_v our_o conscience_n let_v we_o then_o put_v our_o temporal_a affair_n in_o order_n as_o if_o we_o be_v go_v to_o die_v es_fw-la fac_n testamentum_fw-la tuum_fw-la dum_fw-la sanus_fw-la es_fw-la dum_fw-la sapiens_fw-la es_fw-la dum_fw-la tuus_fw-la es_fw-la make_v your_o will_n say_v saint_n augustin_n while_o you_o be_v yet_o in_o health_n while_o you_o have_v your_o sense_n free_a while_o you_o be_v master_n of_o your_o time_n &_o of_o yourself_o in_o your_o last_o sickness_n continue_v the_o same_o father_n you_o will_v be_v expose_v to_o so_o many_o flattery_n vis_fw-la â—_o in_o inâ—mitat_fw-la blanditiis_fw-la &_o minis_fw-la duceris_fw-la ubi_fw-la tu_fw-la non_fw-la vis_fw-la importunity_n and_o surprise_v that_o it_o will_v not_o be_v your_o will_n but_o the_o will_n of_o those_o about_o you_o beside_o your_o time_n will_v then_o be_v too_o precious_a and_o too_o short_a to_o spend_v any_o of_o it_o in_o worldly_a matter_n but_o you_o must_v be_v careful_a not_o to_o forget_v yourself_o while_o you_o provide_v for_o other_o you_o forget_v your_o self_n if_o you_o give_v nothing_o to_o the_o poor_a let_v the_o remainder_n of_o the_o day_n be_v employ_v in_o good_a work_n in_o a_o profound_a solitude_n and_o recollection_n and_o in_o read_v some_o 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of_o eternity_n the_o most_o important_a business_n we_o have_v and_o which_o require_v all_o our_o life_n to_o a_o time_n when_o we_o be_v incapable_a of_o follow_v the_o slight_a business_n in_o the_o world_n when_o we_o be_v indeed_o in_o capable_a of_o any_o thing_n if_o god_n mistake_v who_o tell_v we_o this_o only_a be_v of_o consequence_n be_v he_o deceive_v in_o the_o disposition_n of_o his_o providence_n &_o in_o all_o his_o care_n which_o tend_v only_o to_o this_o be_v he_o in_o who_o be_v all_o good_a thing_n and_o who_o be_v all_o himself_o so_o little_a to_o be_v value_v that_o we_o can_v be_v indifferent_a whether_o we_o lose_v he_o or_o no_o whence_o be_v all_o that_o weep_a that_o cruel_a despair_n of_o the_o damn_a soul_n if_o what_o they_o have_v lose_v be_v not_o worth_a our_o seek_n if_o everlasting_a misery_n be_v so_o slight_a a_o business_n why_o do_v we_o tremble_v at_o the_o thought_n of_o eternity_n and_o if_o we_o believe_v it_o so_o terrible_a how_o can_v 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