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own_o word_n find_v that_o the_o memory_n of_o the_o divertisement_n of_o my_o youth_n follow_v i_o every_o where_o as_o my_o shadow_n and_o trouble_v my_o most_o innocent_a occupation_n i_o shut_v up_o myself_o in_o a_o dismal_a grot_n amid_o the_o vast_a desert_n of_o syria_n where_o the_o rock_n scorch_v with_o the_o ardour_n of_o the_o sun_n furnish_v our_o solitary_a hermit_n with_o place_n of_o retreat_n which_o be_v common_a to_o they_o with_o the_o savage_a beast_n i_o confess_v that_o i_o can_v not_o enter_v there_o without_o horror_n but_o the_o occasion_n of_o offend_a god_n appear_v to_o i_o more_o horrible_a than_o that_o solitude_n nevertheless_o in_o a_o dwell_n so_o dreadful_a where_o i_o nourish_v myself_o
pilgrimage_n wherein_o we_o be_v to_o make_v what_o speed_n we_o be_v able_a otherwhile_o it_o compare_v it_o to_o a_o warfare_n whereinto_o we_o enroll_v ourselves_o to_o die_v in_o fight_v against_o the_o enemy_n of_o christ_n jesus_n at_o other_o time_n it_o represent_v death_n unto_o we_o under_o the_o parable_n of_o a_o hireling_n who_o till_v the_o vinyard_n for_o the_o price_n of_o his_o day_n labour_n o_o christian_n when_o the_o evening_n shall_v come_v let_v not_o we_o imitate_v those_o indiscreet_a vigneron_n who_o complain_v that_o they_o have_v bear_v the_o burden_n of_o the_o day_n and_o endure_v the_o heat_n of_o the_o sun_n let_v we_o not_o presume_v that_o we_o have_v deserve_v a_o large_a recompense_n than_o they_o who_o have_v labour_v less_o time_n than_o we_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o master_n of_o the_o vinyard_n to_o distribute_v his_o wage_n as_o himself_o please_v at_o what_o ever_o hour_n he_o call_v we_o to_o his_o service_n let_v we_o labour_n as_o long_o as_o the_o day_n last_v our_o lord_n know_v well_o how_o to_o pay_v unto_o each_o one_o what_o appertain_v to_o he_o 20.12_o mat._n 20.12_o perhaps_o the_o last_o shall_v be_v first_o and_o the_o first_o last_o because_o there_o be_v many_o call_v and_o but_o few_o choose_v let_v we_o expect_v the_o hour_n of_o payment_n with_o patience_n and_o with_o humility_n that_o hour_n o_o christian_n be_v the_o hour_n of_o death_n for_o this_o death_n which_o we_o so_o much_o dread_n be_v the_o period_n of_o our_o pain_n and_o the_o time_n of_o our_o reward_n article_n xxxiii_o 3._o reflection_n of_o st._n gregory_n that_o they_o who_o have_v the_o world_n love_v some_o reason_n to_o fear_v the_o end_n of_o it_o but_o that_o they_o who_o serve_v christ_n jesus_n ought_v not_o to_o apprehend_v the_o destruction_n of_o the_o world_n on_o the_o contrary_a they_o ought_v to_o endure_v with_o patience_n war_n famine_n pestilence_n detraction_n persecution_n and_o the_o other_o scourge_v wherewith_o 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