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for_o the_o death_n of_o a_o son_n will_v he_o not_o think_v you_o have_v pour_v out_o far_o more_o pitiful_a lamentation_n if_o he_o have_v be_v handle_v as_o christ_n be_v crucify_v to_o have_v kill_v a_o servant_n for_o to_o save_v his_o son_n any_o father_n will_v have_v do_v but_o to_o kill_v his_o son_n for_o to_o save_v his_o servant_n only_o the_o father_n of_o christ_n do_v who_o have_v no_o other_o son_n but_o he_o give_v they_o he_o as_o free_o to_o be_v carry_v to_o be_v crucify_v as_o if_o they_o have_v lead_v he_o to_o be_v crown_v damascen_n say_v the_o eternal_a father_n do_v well_o know_v that_o our_o business_n can_v not_o
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basil_n say_v what_o friend_n have_v god_n at_o any_o time_n who_o he_o forget_v or_o in_o what_o tribulation_n do_v he_o ever_o see_v he_o when_o he_o help_v he_o not_o gregory_n in_o his_o register_n say_v he_o who_o do_v not_o forget_v no_o in_o the_o flood_n nor_o abraham_n in_o chaldea_n nor_o lot_n in_o sodom_n nor_o isaac_n in_o palestine_n nor_o jacob_n in_o assyria_n nor_o daniel_n in_o babylon_n do_v thou_o think_v that_o he_o will_v forget_v thou_o in_o thy_o affliction_n and_o tribulation_n remigius_n say_v if_o this_o promise_n of_o cum_fw-la ipso_fw-la sum_fw-la in_o tribulatione_fw-la be_v not_o keep_v with_o thou_o think_v that_o our_o lord_n do_v it_o either_o for_o thy_o great_a profit_n or_o his_o own_o service_n for_o the_o great_a the_o tribulation_n be_v which_o thou_o endure_v the_o more_o thou_o do_v merit_n for_o thy_o soul_n and_o if_o it_o be_v not_o for_o this_o cause_n it_o be_v because_o thou_o shall_v fall_v into_o some_o great_a danger_n from_o the_o 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doubt_n but_o that_o the_o scarsenesse_n which_o christ_n sound_n in_o the_o synagogue_n be_v great_a than_o that_o which_o helias_n find_v in_o palestine_n what_o good_a thing_n or_o what_o good_a man_n can_v there_o be_v in_o the_o synagogue_n where_o the_o viceroy_n pilate_n be_v a_o tyrant_n the_o famous_a high_a priest_n caiphas_n a_o symoniacle_n &_o the_o master_n the_o pharisy_n hypocrite_n and_o the_o counselor_n the_o sadducee_n heretic_n and_o their_o king_n and_o prophet_n all_o end_v the_o son_n of_o god_n do_v kill_v this_o hunger_n when_o he_o give_v the_o world_n a_o church_n for_o a_o synagogue_n apostle_n for_o prophet_n a_o law_n of_o love_n for_o a_o law_n of_o fear_n a_o new_a testament_n for_o a_o old_a the_o spirit_n for_o the_o letter_n the_o truth_n for_o the_o figure_n and_o his_o holy_a grace_n for_o our_o old_a offence_n what_o will_v have_v become_v of_o we_o if_o christ_n have_v not_o leave_v so_o many_o good_a man_n in_o his_o church_n he_o leave_v we_o many_o martyr_n many_o confessor_n many_o virgin_n many_o doctor_n in_o so_o much_o that_o when_o christ_n die_v although_o he_o leave_v not_o the_o world_n many_o book_n to_o read_v in_o yet_o he_o leave_v we_o many_o saint_n to_o follow_v the_o figure_n say_v further_a that_o helias_n go_v to_o hide_v himself_o in_o the_o water-brook_n of_o carith_n which_o be_v a_o figure_n that_o the_o son_n of_o god_n shall_v come_v to_o take_v flesh_n and_o hide_v himself_o in_o the_o entrails_n of_o the_o virgin_n womb_n and_o as_o it_o be_v figure_v in_o helias_n so_o it_o be_v accomplish_v in_o christ_n because_o that_o under_o his_o humanity_n which_o he_o take_v upon_o he_o he_o do_v hide_v his_o divinity_n which_o he_o carry_v with_o he_o when_o the_o prophet_n esayas_n say_v verè_fw-la tue_fw-la deus_fw-la absconditus_fw-la he_o know_v well_o that_o god_n will_v hide_v himself_o for_o a_o time_n and_o remove_v himself_o from_o their_o eye_n see_v that_o the_o catholic_a church_n do_v acknowledge_v he_o and_o the_o unhappy_a synagogue_n be_v ungrateful_a unto_o he_o recede_v hinc_fw-la &_o abscond_v te_fw-mi in_o torrentem_fw-la carith_n the_o eternal_a father_n speak_v these_o word_n unto_o his_o precious_a son_n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v unto_o he_o go_v my_o son_n go_v and_o hide_v thyself_o in_o the_o world_n because_o thou_o may_v redeem_v the_o world_n where_o thou_o shall_v hide_v thy_o power_n because_o thou_o may_v suffer_v thou_o shall_v hide_v thy_o wisdom_n because_o they_o may_v mock_v thou_o thou_o shall_v hide_v thy_o prudence_n because_o they_o may_v take_v thou_o to_o be_v unwise_a thou_o shall_v hide_v thy_o justice_n because_o they_o be_v to_o judge_v thou_o like_o a_o blasphemer_n
be_v unto_o the_o child_n of_o vanity_n and_o lightness_n who_o do_v show_v their_o essence_n and_o yet_o be_v nothing_o show_v their_o power_n and_o yet_o can_v do_v nothing_o show_v their_o wisdom_n and_o yet_o do_v know_v nothing_o chap._n xiii_o where_o he_o go_v forward_o with_o the_o figure_n mention_v before_o adhue_n sitit_fw-la expergifactus_fw-la say_v esay_n in_o the_o place_n before_o name_v as_o if_o he_o will_v say_v when_o the_o redeemer_n of_o the_o world_n do_v awake_a upon_o the_o cross_n he_o do_v awake_a very_o dry_a and_o thirsty_a which_o be_v so_o great_a a_o thirst_n that_o it_o continue_v until_o this_o day_n it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o when_o a_o man_n do_v suffer_v many_o grief_n at_o one_o time_n that_o he_o speak_v of_o that_o which_o grieve_v he_o most_o and_o point_v with_o his_o hand_n where_o his_o great_a pain_n lie_v the_o anguish_v which_o christ_n suffer_v in_o his_o mind_n be_v innumerable_a and_o the_o grief_n which_o he_o endure_v in_o his_o body_n be_v intolerable_a and_o that_o which_o be_v most_o of_o all_o to_o be_v meruel_v at_o be_v that_o his_o torment_n be_v so_o many_o and_o so_o sharp_a as_o they_o be_v yet_o he_o complain_v of_o none_o of_o they_o on_o the_o cross_n but_o only_o of_o the_o thirst_n which_o he_o endure_v saint_n barnard_n say_v o_o good_a jesus_n o_o redeemer_n of_o my_o soul_n have_v so_o many_o thing_n to_o complain_v on_o do_v thou_o only_o complain_v of_o thirst_n thy_o shoulder_n be_v naked_a and_o whip_v thy_o hand_n break_v thy_o head_n bleed_v thy_o flesh_n bruise_v and_o yet_o do_v thou_o complain_v on_o nothing_o but_o of_o the_o thirst_n which_o trouble_v thou_o and_o of_o want_n of_o water_n do_v thou_o complain_v that_o thou_o be_v thirsty_a and_o not_o that_o thou_o be_v bloody_a have_v thou_o not_o great_a want_n of_o thy_o blood_n than_o of_o water_n see_v the_o blood_n which_o run_v from_o thy_o head_n do_v bathe_v thy_o face_n &_o wet_v thy_o tongue_n why_o do_v thou_o 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