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we_o forewarn_v fore-armed_a tu_fw-la morâ—en_fw-la ut_fw-la nunquam_fw-la time_n as_o semper_fw-la cogita_fw-la senec_n it_o be_v the_o act_n of_o act_n and_o science_n of_o science_n to_o learn_v to_o die_v moriantur_fw-la ante_fw-la te_fw-la vitia_fw-la sen._n our_o saviour_n be_v at_o a_o great_a feast_n at_o bethanie_n sell_v into_o meditation_n and_o speech_n of_o his_o death_n and_o 〈◊〉_d ioh._n â—â—_z 7_o 8._o joseph_n of_o arimathea_n make_v his_o tomb_n in_o his_o garden_n ioh._n 19_o 4â—_z *_o nemose_n decipiat_fw-la fratres_fw-la duo_fw-la enim_fw-la loca_fw-la sunt_fw-la and_o tertius_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la visus_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la christo_fw-la regnare_fw-la noÌ„_fw-la meruit_fw-la cuÌ„_fw-la diabolo_fw-la absque_fw-la ulla_fw-la dubitatione_fw-la peribit_fw-la aug._n serm._n 1._o de_fw-la ebrietate_fw-la see_v ioh._n 11._o 44._o 2_o tim._n 4._o 7_o *_o the_o jew_n when_o they_o make_v mention_n of_o any_o of_o their_o decease_a worthy_n be_v wont_a to_o do_v it_o with_o this_o encomium_fw-la {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o id_fw-la est_fw-la memoria_fw-la ejus_fw-la sit_fw-la in_fw-la benedâ—ctionem_fw-la which_o encomiastical_a scheme_n be_v take_v from_o that_o of_o solomon_n prâ—_n 10._o 7._o buxtorf_n de_fw-fr abbreviat_fw-la hebr._n fuller_n concord_n hebr._n transm_n and_o mede_n on_o psal._n 112._o 6._o