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content_a most_o willing_o to_o give_v fifteen_o hundred_o or_o two_o thousand_o pound_n and_o perhaps_o 〈◊〉_d much_o more_o with_o one_o of_o their_o daughter_n tâ—_z place_n she_o in_o marriage_n and_o yet_o if_o the_o say_a daughter_n resolve_v to_o lead_v a_o votary_n and_o unmarie_a life_n they_o will_v seek_v to_o put_v she_o of_o into_o a_o monastery_n in_o bestow_v upon_o her_o some_o three_o oâ—_z four_o hundred_o pound_n at_o the_o most_o do_v noâ—_z such_o worldling_n prefer_v a_o temporal_a husband_n before_o christ_n what_o indignity_n indeed_o whaâ—_z sacrilege_n be_v this_o to_o the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n that_o a_o daughter_n must_v fare_v far_o worse_o at_o he_o parent_v hand_n because_o she_o have_v rather_o espousâ—_n herself_o to_o christ_n then_o to_o a_o mortal_a man_n buâ—_z let_v such_o parent_n assure_v themselves_o that_o the_o their_o disualewing_n of_o the_o service_n of_o god_n iâ—_z their_o child_n will_v hereafter_o be_v attend_v oâ—_z with_o 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psal._n 60._o *_o 1._o king_n c._n 15._o *_o exod._n 20._o c_o math._n 23._o *_o luc._n 10._o d_o rom._n 8._o e_o ignat_fw-la in_fw-la epist._n add_v roman_n f_o math._n 11._o g_o psal._n 90._o h_o 2._o cor._n 7._o i_o austin_n de_fw-fr bono_fw-la coniug_v c._n 10._o k_o jerom_n lib._n 1._o contra_fw-la jovinianum_fw-la l_o math._n 19_o m_o s._n jerome_n inâ—_z epist._n 10._o n_o aristotiles_fw-la l._n 1._o polit._n c._n 1._o o_o eccles._n c._n â—_z p_o 1._o cor._n 10._o q_o 1._o cor._n 12._o *_o exo._n 20._o q_o joseph_n a_fw-mi tiq_fw-la judaic_n l._n 28._o c._n 2._o r_o joseph_n l_o 2._o de_fw-la bello_fw-la iudaic._n c_n 7._o s_o philo_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la contemplativa_fw-la t_o 1._o cor_n 3._o u_o iac._n 4._o x_o 1._o john_n 2._o y_o 1._o john_n 2._o z_o 1._o petr._n 1._o c_o 1._o pâ—ralyp_n c._n 7._o d_o 3._o reg._n 4._o 3._o reg._n 1â—_z eccles._n 1._o e_o jerom_n in_o cap._n 1._o eccles._n f_o reg._n vbi_fw-la supra_fw-la g_o mar._n 13._o h_o ierem._n 16._o i_o lue_fw-la 12._o k_o 1._o cor._n 7._o l_o luc._n 14._o m_o 2._o tim._n 3._o n_o in_o homil._n 67._o ad_fw-la pop._n antioch_n o_o mar._n â—_z p_o august_n in_o psalm_n 45._o q_o apoc._n 14._o r_o apoc._n 21._o s_o ioan._n 16._o t_o 2._o cor._n 7._o u_o math._n 25._o x_o rom._n 8._o y_o esayâ—â—_z z_o math._n 25._o a_o luc._n 21._o b_o luc._n 16._o c_o math._n 22._o d_o philip_n 4._o e_o 1_o joan._n 2._o chastity_n f_o thess._n 4._o g_o galat._n 5._o h_o math._n 25._o i_o e._n say_v 37._o k_o 1._o cor._n 7._o l_o 2._o cor._n â—â—_z m_o apo_n al._n 14._o poverty_n n_o proverb_n 11._o o_o sapient_a 5._o p_o luc._n 6._o q_o 1._o timoth._n 6._o r_o math._n 19_o s_o isaiah_n 48._o t_o luc._n 9_o u_o luc._n vbi_fw-la supra_fw-la x_o 1._o ioan._n 1._o obedience_n y_o proverb_n 27._o z_o psal._n 140._o a_o 1._o cor._n 4._o b_o 1._o reg._n 15._o c_o s._n greg._n morah_n 35._o c._n 10._o d_o gregor._n ibid._n c._n 19_o e_o dâ—_z septem_fw-la verb_n domin_n l._n 2._o c._n 26._o antiquity_n of_o a_o religious_a course_n a_o math._n 19_o b_o luc._n 11._o c_o luc._n 10._o d_o luc._n 9_o e_o math._n 19_o f_o ignat_fw-la ep._n ad_fw-la philip_n g_o abraham_n schultetus_fw-la in_fw-la medula_fw-la theologlcae_n h_o centur_fw-la 4._o col_fw-fr 467._o under_o the_o title_n de_fw-la monasterijs_fw-la virginum_fw-la i_o cent._n 4_o col_fw-fr 1â—5_n k_o cent._n 4._o col_fw-fr 468._o l_o cent._n 4._o col_fw-fr 874._o m_o centur_fw-la 4._o col_fw-fr 865._o and_o col_fw-fr 869_o n_o this_o be_v relate_v by_o zozomen_fw-la in_o hist._n l._n 6._o cap._n 3._o fayth_n hope_n charity_n o_o 1._o cor_n 9_o prudence_n p_o austin_n l._n 83_o q_n 61._o justice_n temperance_n fortitude_n q_o 1._o cor._n 8._o r_o 1._o cor._n 13._o s_o galat._n 6._o t_o austin_n sermon_fw-la 150._o de_fw-la temp._n u_o gregor._n hom._n 35._o in_o euang_n x_o jerom_n ep._n â—7_n y_o cyprian_n serm_fw-la de_fw-la lapsis_fw-la z_o ioan._n 15._o a_o austin_n l._n 10._o de_fw-fr ciuit._n dei_fw-la c._n 6._o b_o gregor._n 9_o moral_a 3._o *_o exod._n 29._o ecclesiast_fw-la 35._o remission_n of_o sin_n c_o s._n thom._n 2._o 2._o q._n vlt._n be_v 3._o d_o s._n thom._n 4._o d._n 4._o q._n 3._o art_n 3._o e_o ierom._n ep._n 25._o remission_n of_o pain_n in_o purgatory_n f_o austin_n in_o psalm_n 37._o g_o 1._o cor._n 3._o h_o austin_n homil._n 16._o ex_fw-la 50._o homil._n i_o austin_n lib._n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la et_fw-la falla_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la c._n â—â—_z k_o in_o psalm_n 3._o poenit._n psalm_n 17._o l_o ambros._n praecat_fw-la praeparat_fw-la ad_fw-la missam_fw-la m_o bernard_n serm._n de_fw-fr sex_n tribul_a cap._n 16._o and_o 55._o in_o cant._n lowliness_n of_o mind_n or_o humility_n n_o bernard_n serm._n 2._o do_v ascensione_fw-la o_o psal._n 112._o p_o 1._o cor._n 1._o religion_n promise_v a_o safe_a and_o quiet_a death_n q_o apocal._n 14._o *_o ecclefiast_a 41._o r_o jerome_n epist._n 34._o s_o psal._n 222._o t_o cant._n 8._o u_o lue_fw-la 3._o *_o act._n â—_z y_o apoc._n 3._o z_o eccles._n cap._n 7._o *_o math._n 25._o *_o math._n vbi_fw-la suprà _fw-la a_o isaiah_n 33._o b_o m._n tb_n 13._o c_o rom._n 8._o i_o lue_fw-la 9_o â—_z jerom_n ep_n 10._o a_o chrysost._n l._n 3._o cont._n vi_fw-la cuperatvitae_n monasticae_fw-la b_o anselm_n ep._n ad_fw-la godâ—fr_fw-la c_o luc._n â—â—_z d_o bernard_n ep._n 111._o e_o jerom_n in_o his_o ep_n to_o lâ—ta_fw-la f_o libde_z virginâ—â—_n g_o gregor_n taro_n in_fw-la vita_fw-la pontiaâ—i_fw-la c._n 5._o h_o â—_z machab._n 7._o i_o hebr._n 8._o k_o jerome_n in_o epitaph_n blessillae_fw-la l_o math._n 20._o m_o math._n 7._o luc._n 13._o n_o 2._o pet._n 3._o o_o basil_n praepat_fw-la in_o ascen._n p_o ephes._n 3._o q_o psal._n 23._o psalm_n 54._o ambros._n de_fw-fr fuga_fw-la saecul_fw-la c._n 4._o proverb_n 19_o math._n 25._o luc._n 19_o austin_n l._n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la et_fw-la falsa_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la câ—_z 18._o 〈◊〉_d serm._n de_fw-fr six_o tribulat_fw-la cap._n 1â—_z and_o 55_o in_o cant._n dan._n c._n 4._o