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be_v use_v to_o gross_a this_o duty_n with_o much_o earnestness_n in_o their_o sermon_n to_o the_o people_n fine_a people_n cui_fw-la dabis_fw-la quod_fw-la tibi_fw-la abstulisti_fw-la ita_fw-la ieiuna_fw-la ut_fw-la alio_fw-la manducante_fw-la prandisse_fw-la te_fw-la gaudeas_fw-la august_n in_o psalm_n 42._o in_o fine_a to_o who_o will_v thou_o give_v that_o which_o by_o fast_v thou_o have_v spaâ—_n do_v from_o thyself_o say_v saint_n augustine_n so_o fast_o that_o by_o another_o eat_n thou_o may_v be_v glad_a that_o thou_o have_v dine_v and_o again_o c._n again_o jeiunia_fw-la nostra_fw-la ut_fw-la plena_fw-la sint_fw-la &_o suffarta_fw-la misericordiae_fw-la pinguedine_fw-la sageâ—â—ntur_fw-la demus_fw-la surientibus_fw-la prandium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la de_fw-fr temp._n serm._n 65._o pag._n 232._o c._n that_o our_o fast_n may_v be_v full_a let_v they_o be_v fat_v with_o almsdeed_n let_v we_o give_v our_o dinner_n to_o they_o that_o be_v hungry_a and_o again_o a._n again_o 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