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the_o world_n like_o another_o cain_n cast_v forth_o from_o the_o face_n of_o god_n entrance_n 29._o the_o same_o s._n bernard_n relate_v another_o terrible_a example_n in_o this_o kind_n in_o a_o epistle_n which_o he_o write_v unto_o one_o thomas_n of_o s._n omers_n who_o be_v delay_v his_o entrance_n into_o religion_n because_o he_o will_v make_v a_o end_n of_o his_o study_n to_o put_v he_o off_o therefore_o from_o this_o delay_n he_o tell_v he_o how_o another_o be_v punish_v for_o the_o like_a fault_n 108._o alas_o alas_o say_v he_o thou_o seem_v to_o walk_v with_o the_o like_a spirit_n as_o thy_o name_n be_v like_a to_o another_o thomas_n ancient_o provost_n of_o beâ—erlee_n who_o have_v vow_v himself_o with_o all_o his_o hart_n to_o our_o order_n and_o to_o our_o house_n begin_v to_o take_v time_n and_o so_o by_o little_a to_o grow_v cold_a till_o sudden_o take_v away_o with_o a_o fearful_a death_n he_o die_v a_o secular_a man_n and_o a_o transgressor_n and_o double_o the_o son_n 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