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confession_n of_o sin_n the_o beginning_n of_o spiritual_a life_n 69_o practice_n of_o ordinary_a confession_n 70_o three_o sort_n of_o conscience_n from_o whence_o impiety_n do_v spring_n 26_o horrible_a estate_n of_o a_o sinful_a conscience_n 27_o brutish_a conscience_n ibid._n curious_a conscience_n ibid._n nothing_o so_o please_v as_o the_o house_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n 48_o constancy_n in_o tribulation_n do_v manifest_o appear_v in_o the_o death_n of_o sosia_n and_o eleonora_n 411_o constantia_n her_o exceed_a clemency_n to_o the_o son_n of_o charles_n of_o anjou_n be_v condemn_v to_o death_n 403_o constantine_n law_n 12_o his_o greatness_n 233_o his_o nobility_n 235_o his_o notable_a moderation_n ibid._n he_o be_v breed_v up_o in_o the_o court_n of_o diocletian_a 237_o his_o first_o battle_n against_o lycinius_n 242_o his_o great_a victory_n 243_o his_o first_o marriage_n 244_o the_o beginning_n of_o his_o conversion_n 246_o his_o absolute_a conversion_n ibid._n his_o 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five_o thing_n to_o be_v practise_v in_o the_o day_n ibid._n desperate_a
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the_o pillar_n of_o his_o empire_n to_o divide_v sea_n to_o calm_a billow_n to_o open_v the_o bowel_n of_o rock_n to_o command_v all_o the_o element_n and_o fill_v the_o world_n with_o wonder_n in_o the_o new_a law_n simple_a fisherman_n almost_o as_o dumb_a and_o mute_a as_o the_o fish_n themselves_o be_v choose_v to_o catch_v in_o their_o net_n philosopher_n king_n city_n province_n and_o empire_n behold_v the_o ordinary_a custom_n of_o god_n to_o hold_v pearl_n in_o shell_n sweet_a perfume_n in_o very_o abject_a box_n the_o true_a mark_n of_o greatness_n in_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n be_v at_o first_o blush_v external_o not_o to_o appear_v great_a on_o the_o contrary_a it_o be_v the_o act_n of_o a_o flat_a ridiculous_a and_o benumb_a vanity_n to_o be_v desirous_a to_o furprize_v the_o eye_n with_o a_o counterfeit_n and_o captious_a beauty_n which_o afterward_o appear_v in_o its_o native_a colour_n make_v the_o deformity_n thereof_o the_o more_o disfigure_v what_o a_o shameful_a 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beginning_n of_o his_o debauchedness_n ibid._n solomon_n be_v pervert_v in_o religion_n 156_o the_o estate_n of_o solomon_n in_o the_o other_o world_n ibid._n the_o prodigious_a course_n of_o some_o star_n 74_o the_o evil_a opinion_n of_o the_o stoic_n to_o trust_v altogether_o to_o themselves_o without_o acknowledge_v the_o grace_n and_o assistance_n of_o god_n 283_o the_o birth_n and_o education_n of_o queen_n mary_n stuart_n 291_o her_o return_n into_o scotland_n ibid._n the_o death_n of_o henry_n stuart_n 294_o persecution_n of_o the_o queen_n mary_n stuart_n by_o the_o protestant_n 295_o she_o comfort_v herself_o in_o prison_n and_o hope_v against_o hope_n 296_o she_o escape_v out_o of_o prison_n ibid._n her_o languishment_n in_o her_o imprisonment_n in_o england_n 301_o elizabeth_n hatred_n to_o she_o 304_o the_o process_n against_o the_o queen_n of_o scotland_n ibid._n her_o invincible_a apology_n 305_o the_o unjust_a judgement_n give_v against_o she_o 307_o the_o vain_a endeavour_n to_o delay_v her_o death_n 308_o queen_n elizabeth_n chief_o to_o be_v charge_v for_o her_o death_n ibid._n her_o death_n and_o miraculous_a constancy_n 309_o the_o sun_n be_v a_o hundred_o and_o forty_o time_n big_a than_o the_o earth_n and_o in_o twenty_o four_o hour_n go_v more_o than_o twelve_o million_o of_o league_n 74_o t_n twenty_o two_o thousand_o bullock_n and_o one_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o sheep_n sacrifice_v for_o the_o dedication_n of_o solomon_n temple_n 3_o reg._n 8._o 63_o mervelsous_n temple_n where_o lion_n be_v tractable_a 46_o the_o generosity_n of_o theodora_n wife_n of_o justinian_n 161_o procopius_n speak_v shameful_o of_o theodora_n but_o undeserve_o 167_o her_o death_n 169_o theodat_n honour_v by_o amalazunta_n 162_o his_o perfidiousness_n ib._n he_o cause_v amalazunta_n to_o be_v strangle_v in_o a_o bath_n ib._n theodat_n be_v put_v to_o death_n and_o vitiges_n be_v choose_v in_o his_o stead_n 163_o time_n steal_v away_o from_o we_o the_o sense_n of_o evil_n 58_o timidity_n its_o cause_n and_o symptom_n 71_o remedy_n for_o timidity_n in_o declaim_v 72_o timidity_n sometime_o turn_v into_o insolency_n ibid._n remedy_n against_o accidental_a fear_n or_o timidity_n 64_o totilas_n be_v choose_v king_n of_o the_o goth_n 163_o the_o carriage_n of_o truth_n do_v cost_v dear_a at_o court_n 146_o five_o valour_n of_o charles_n the_o simple_a 117_o vagoa_n chamberlain_n to_o holophernes_n 185_o vashâ—â—_n wise_a of_o ahashuerus_n do_v make_v a_o banquet_n for_o the_o woman_n answerable_a to_o the_o king_n her_o husband_n 188_o she_o be_v degrade_v and_o divorce_v ibid._n the_o burn_a of_o vesuvius_n in_o the_o year_n 1631._o 73_o vigilius_n shameful_o use_v 169_o the_o slight_n of_o vigilius_n to_o get_v the_o popedom_n from_o sylverius_n 168_o he_o be_v again_o receive_v into_o favour_n and_o afterward_o dye_v of_o the_o stone_n in_o sicily_n ibid._n the_o death_n of_o uriah_n 146_o w_n the_o greatness_n of_o wisdom_n 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