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lin_v 26._o posterity_n prosperity_n pag_n 126._o lin_v 26._o comport_v comfort_v pag_n 152._o lin_v 28._o thus_o true_a pag_n 158._o lin_v 3._o bet_v let_v pag_n 165._o lin_v 22._o actus_fw-la astris_fw-la pag_n 175._o lin_v 4._o vivre_fw-fr vitant_fw-la pag_n 185_o lin_v 32_o can_n can_v pag_n 281._o lin_v 7._o know_v know_v not_o pag_n 300._o lin_v 9_o anascove_n anasceve_fw-mi pag_n 301._o lin_v 12._o from_o for_o pag_n 303._o lin_v 12._o power_n pore_n pag_n 322_o lin_v 14._o narrowie_a marrowie_a pag_n 326._o lin_v 4._o in_o the_o table_n and_o object_n for_o the_o object_n sperne_fw-la for_o sperme_n psalm_n for_o plasme_n the_o inscription_n david_n of_o dod_n amiâ—us_a dilectus_fw-la the_o proposite_fw-la the_o theme_n or_o question_n principal_a syllogism_n prossyllogisme_n i._o a_o reason_n confirm_v the_o principal_a principal_a hebraismus_fw-la hebraismus_fw-la epizâ—uxis_n epilogisme_n a_o reason_n confirm_v the_o reason_n of_o a_o reason_n catullus_n catullus_n as_o it_o 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ecclesiastic_a four_o example_n of_o vanity_n observe_v in_o outward_a thing_n thing_n bonum_fw-la quò_fw-la câ—â—unius_fw-la eo_fw-la melius_fw-la melius_fw-la he_o shall_v not_o be_v altogether_o free_a and_o happy_a but_o in_o some_o good_a measure_n measure_n valer._n 〈◊〉_d lib._n 7._o cap._n 3._o v._o example_n of_o vanity_n observe_v in_o outward_a thing_n but_o the_o remedy_n of_o those_o vanity_n be_v still_o 〈…〉_z at_o as_o the_o first_o degree_n of_o felicity_n consist_v in_o the_o comfortable_a use_n of_o worldly_a thing_n and_o wise_a avoidance_n of_o evil_n so_o the_o second_o degree_n thereof_o consist_v in_o do_v good_a communicate_v and_o â—ompalsionating_v of_o other_o the_o former_a in_o one_o term_n may_v be_v call_v sobriety_n this_o charity_n as_o the_o second_o degree_n of_o felicity_n consist_v in_o the_o work_n of_o charity_n so_o the_o three_o and_o last_o in_o the_o practice_n of_o piety_n