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be_v content_v with_o the_o glean_n of_o harvest_n with_o here_o a_o bery_n and_o there_o a_o bery_n as_o it_o be_v with_o the_o shake_a olive_n tree_n esay_n 17._o no_o every_o tree_n must_v bring_v forth_o good_a fruit_n plentiful_o for_o unto_o who_o soever_o much_o be_v give_v of_o he_o 48._o luke_n 12._o 48._o shall_v be_v much_o require_v say_v our_o saviour_n so_o that_o it_o do_v stand_v we_o every_o one_o in_o hand_n according_o to_o endeavour_v the_o real_a answer_v of_o god_n just_a expectation_n lest_o in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o wrath_n we_o have_v the_o deep_a share_n in_o his_o just_a indignation_n for_o quantò_fw-la maior_fw-la gratia_fw-la tantò_fw-la amplior_fw-la posteà _fw-la chemist_n quo_fw-la clariâ—r_fw-la lux_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o graâ—â—ae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d gra_fw-mi 〈…〉_o paenas_fw-la mundâ—â—n_v gratitude_n nem_fw-la sibi_fw-la accelerate_v chemist_n peccantibus_fw-la poena_fw-la say_v saint_n chrysostome_n god_n will_v at_o the_o last_o day_n proportion_n out_o the_o punishment_n of_o a_o sinner_n according_a to_o the_o mean_n of_o grace_n he_o have_v afford_v he_o in_o the_o time_n of_o his_o sin_v at_o the_o world_n great_a session_n it_o shall_v go_v hard_a with_o chorazin_n and_o bethsaida_n then_o with_o tyrus_n and_o sidon_n it_o shall_v go_v hard_a with_o capernaum_n then_o with_o sodom_n because_o god_n do_v more_o abound_v in_o the_o mean_n of_o grace_n to_o chorazim_n bethsaida_n and_o capernaum_n then_o to_o tyrus_n sidon_n and_o sodom_n see_v therefore_o it_o have_v please_v god_n to_o deal_v so_o liberal_o with_o we_o in_o the_o mean_n of_o grace_n let_v we_o in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n endeavour_n in_o some_o proportion_n to_o answer_v his_o bounty_n in_o our_o measure_n of_o grace_n let_v we_o labour_n to_o be_v full_a of_o the_o sweet_a fruit_n of_o the_o spirit_n let_v we_o labour_n to_o be_v strong_a in_o the_o faith_n and_o as_o saint_n peter_n speak_v etc._n 2_o pet._n 1._o â—_o etc._n etc._n with_o our_o faith_n let_v we_o 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statute_n and_o keep_v his_o judgement_n to_o deal_v true_o thus_o far_o have_v thou_o go_v and_o in_o these_o good_a course_n thou_o have_v continue_v a_o long_a time_n and_o in_o so_o do_v haste_n do_v well_o but_o tell_v i_o what_o will_v all_o this_o thy_o righteousness_n avail_v thou_o if_o afterward_o thou_o shall_v fall_v away_o from_o god_n and_o entangle_v thyself_o again_o â—0_n 2_o pet._n 2._o â—0_n in_o the_o filthiness_n of_o the_o world_n like_o the_o dog_n that_o return_v to_o his_o own_o vomit_n and_o the_o sow_n that_o be_v wash_v to_o her_o wallowin_n the_o mire_n if_o the_o righteous_a turn_n away_o 18._o ezek._n 18._o from_o his_o righteousness_n and_o commit_v iniquity_n shall_v he_o live_v say_v the_o lord._n no_o all_o his_o righteousness_n that_o he_o have_v do_v shall_v not_o be_v mention_v in_o his_o trespass_n that_o he_o have_v trespass_v and_o in_o his_o sin_n that_o he_o have_v sin_v in_o they_o shall_v he_o die_v ezek._n 18._o yea_o it_o have_v be_v 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must_v bring_v forth_o good_a fruit_n perseverant_o for_o it_o be_v not_o here_o say_v every_o tree_n quae_fw-la non_fw-la fecit_fw-la which_o have_v not_o bring_v forth_o good_a fruit_n but_o every_o tree_n non_fw-la faciens_fw-la not_o bring_v forth_o good_a fruit_n shall_v be_v hew_v down_o and_o cast_v into_o the_o fire_n so_o that_o fecisse_fw-la non_fw-la sufficit_fw-la it_o suffice_v not_o former_o to_o have_v bring_v forth_o good_a fruit_n unless_o thou_o continue_v in_o so_o do_v perseverant_o no_o man_n say_v christ_n put_v his_o 62._o luke_n 9_o 62._o hand_n to_o the_o plough_n and_o look_v back_o be_v fit_a for_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n sola_fw-la perseverantia_fw-la bernardus_n bernardus_n singularis_fw-la summi_fw-la regis_fw-la est_fw-la filia_fw-la say_v a_o father_n ea_fw-la enim_fw-la sola_fw-la est_fw-la haeres_fw-la regne_n coelorum_fw-la perseverance_n be_v the_o only_a daughter_n
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it_o present_o wither_v away_o my_o belove_a understand_v the_o moral_a for_o christ_n know_v well_o enough_o it_o be_v not_o the_o time_n of_o the_o year_n for_o the_o fig_n tree_n to_o bring_v forth_o fruit_n no_o non_fw-la christi_fw-la ludolph_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la christi_fw-la ficus_fw-la sed_fw-la sidem_fw-la non_fw-la fructus_fw-la arboris_fw-la sed_fw-la fructus_fw-la operis_fw-la quaesivit_fw-la he_o seek_v not_o for_o fig_n but_o for_o faith_n not_o for_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o tree_n but_o for_o the_o fruit_n of_o work_n it_o be_v not_o with_o god_n as_o it_o be_v with_o man_n though_o we_o will_v not_o suffer_v dead_a tree_n to_o stand_v in_o our_o ground_n but_o will_v dig_v they_o up_o by_o the_o root_n and_o have_v they_o carry_v forth_o to_o the_o fire_n yet_o we_o will_v suffer_v many_o tree_n and_o plant_n to_o grow_v in_o our_o ground_n not_o because_o they_o bring_v we_o forth_o any_o fruit_n or_o be_v otherwise_o profitable_a unto_o we_o but_o because_o they_o 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