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it_o then_o think_v you_o to_o lie_v in_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n inflame_v with_o the_o unquenchable_a wrath_n of_o god_n world_n without_o end_n where_o they_o shall_v have_v nothing_o about_o they_o but_o darkness_n and_o discomfort_n yell_n and_o gnash_n of_o tooth_n their_o companion_n in_o profaneness_n and_o vanity_n to_o ban_v and_o curse_v they_o the_o damn_a fiend_n of_o hell_n to_o scourge_v they_o and_o torment_v they_o despair_n and_o the_o worm_n that_o never_o die_v to_o feed_v upon_o they_o with_o everlasting_a horror_n if_o carnal_a wretch_n be_v so_o desperate_a as_o wilful_o to_o spill_v the_o blood_n of_o their_o own_o soul_n let_v we_o set_v light_n by_o the_o life_n of_o our_o body_n if_o the_o cruelty_n of_o the_o time_n call_v for_o it_o for_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o saviour_n of_o our_o soul_n let_v i_o give_v one_o instance_n of_o dangerous_a snare_n
cernimuâ—…_n per_fw-la sensum_fw-la videndi_fw-la solemn_a &_o lunam_fw-la &_o stellas_fw-la &_o terras_fw-la &_o maria_fw-la &_o slumina_fw-la &_o animantia_fw-la &_o arbores_fw-la &_o metalla_fw-la sed_fw-la mens_fw-la nostra_fw-la nihil_fw-la omninò_fw-la cernit_fw-la i._n e._n nullam_fw-la substantiam_fw-la creatam_fw-la perfectè_fw-la nos_fw-la it_o non_fw-la differentias_fw-la essentiales_fw-la non_fw-la proprietates_fw-la non_fw-la vires_fw-la ac_fw-la nè_fw-la animam_fw-la qâ—…i_fw-la sem_fw-mi svam_fw-la homo_fw-la videt_fw-la sed_fw-la moâ—…e_fw-la coecorum_fw-la palpando_fw-la effecta_fw-la &_o discurrendo_fw-la per_fw-la rationem_fw-la aliquid_fw-la cognitionis_fw-la acquirit_fw-la quale_n ergò_fw-la gaudium_fw-la erit_fw-la cum_fw-la intelligenâ—…a_fw-la nostra_fw-la revelata_fw-la fa_fw-mi ie_fw-fr manifestè_fw-la videbit_fw-la naturas_fw-la omnium_fw-la rerum_fw-la differentias_fw-la proprietates_fw-la vires_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la quanta_fw-la exultatione_n obstupescet_fw-la cum_fw-la videbit_fw-la exerciâ—…um_fw-la angelorum_fw-la innumerabilem_fw-la quorum_fw-la nullus_fw-la cum_fw-la alâ—…o_fw-la in_o specie_fw-la convenit_fw-la &_o differentias_fw-la omnium_fw-la &_o singulorum_fw-la perspicuâ—…_n intuebitur_fw-la de_fw-fr aeâ—…ern_n foelicit_fw-la lib._n â—…_n cap._n 2._o when_o we_o shall_v know_v god_n in_o heaven_n we_o shall_v in_o he_o know_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o work_n of_o creation_n the_o mystery_n of_o the_o work_n of_o our_o redemption_n yea_o so_o much_o knowledge_n as_o a_o creature_n can_v possible_o conceive_v and_o comprehend_v of_o the_o creator_n and_o hâ—…_n work_v p._n p._n see_v durand_n lib._n 4._o dist._n 49._o q._n 2._o all_o i_o say_v be_v cuber_fw-la from_o my_o own_o certain_a knowledge_n or_o concurrent_a testimony_n above_o exception_n i_o will_v not_o speak_v a_o word_n which_o i_o think_v not_o in_o my_o conscience_n to_o be_v true_a to_o be_v heir_n of_o his_o possession_n it_o may_v be_v affection_n may_v make_v i_o deliver_v thing_n something_o passionate_o and_o more_o unto_o the_o life_n white_a pag._n 80._o at_o hospital_n see_v â—…asill_n 406._o ad_fw-la fincm_fw-la doctrine_n doctrine_n in_o loc._n sicut_fw-la non_fw-la omnes_fw-la sapientes_fw-la damnantur_fw-la ita_fw-la nec_fw-la omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la è_fw-la vulgo_fw-la sunt_fw-la salvantur_fw-la sed_fw-la qui_fw-la agnitione_n suae_fw-la indignitatis_fw-la humiliantur_fw-la reverenter_fw-la se_fw-la subiâ—…ciunt_fw-la verbo_fw-la &_o christum_fw-la in_o evangelio_n amplectuntur_fw-la he_o salvantur_fw-la sive_fw-la sint_fw-la ex_fw-la primoribus_fw-la sive_fw-la ex_fw-la vulgi_fw-la fece_n sed_fw-la illud_fw-la fieri_fw-la in_o pluribus_fw-la ex_fw-la vulgo_fw-la in_fw-la paucioribus_fw-la verò_fw-la ex_fw-la sapientibus_fw-la christus_fw-la affirmat_fw-la 1._o rom._n 9_o 20._o matth._n 7._o 29._o luk._n 4._o 32._o matth_n 4._o 25._o argumentâ—…_n stulâ—…o_o theoph._n matth._n 21._o 31._o degeneratio_fw-la optimi_fw-la pessima_fw-la hom._n vol._n 2._o hom._n 17._o pag._n â—…_n 13._o eliz._n cap._n 8._o judg._n 9_o nemo_fw-la unquam_fw-la imperium_fw-la flagitio_fw-la quaesitum_fw-la bonis_fw-la artibus_fw-la exercuit_fw-la hist._n lib._n 1._o pag._n 417._o mallent_fw-la cadere_fw-la quam_fw-la loco_fw-la cedere_fw-la amentia_fw-la usquè_fw-fr ad_fw-la prodigium_fw-la 2_o sam._n 17._o 23._o cuique_fw-la in_o alio_fw-la supersluum_fw-la esse_fw-la censet_fw-la ipse_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la hâ—…bet_fw-la nec_fw-la cuâ—…at_fw-la that_o which_o he_o have_v not_o himself_o or_o do_v not_o esteem_n he_o account_v superfluity_n a_o idle_a quality_n a_o mere_a foppery_n or_o hypocrisy_n in_o another_o cap._n 17_o 1â—…_n pag._n 2â—…1_n lib._n 5._o pag._n â—…61_n &_o seq_n histor._n of_o frame_n pag._n 196._o corrupt_a affection_n define_v no_o work_n sign_n or_o miracle_n be_v able_a to_o change_v the_o hardness_n of_o man_n heart_n but_o grace_n from_o god_n only_o joh._n 12._o 37_o 38._o cap._n 49._o 4._o psal._n 114._o 7._o psal_n 47._o 5._o psal._n 114._o 8._o gen._n 4._o 9_o 1_o king_n 21._o 4._o 4._o bodin_n de_fw-fr rep._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 6._o pag._n 109._o psal_n 24._o 4._o mat._n 5._o 8._o heb._n 1â—…_n 14_o 14_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cap._n â—…_n pag._n 258._o pag._n 7â—…_n heb_n 12._o 14._o psal._n 24._o 4._o mat_n 5._o 8._o joh._n 3._o 3_o eph._n 5._o 15._o quid_fw-la beatius_fw-la esse_fw-la poterit_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o tetrâ_fw-la tripudium_fw-la angelorum_fw-la iâ—…_n mitari_fw-la mox_fw-la orto_fw-la die_fw-la ad_fw-la precationes_fw-la properantem_fw-la hymnis_fw-la &_o odis_fw-la venerari_fw-la creatorem_fw-la &c_n &c_n basil._n epist._n 1._o docens_fw-la &_o admonens_fw-la atque_fw-la formam_fw-la ostendens_fw-la &_o tunc_fw-la filijs_fw-la suis_fw-la &_o tunc_fw-la omnibus_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la ut_fw-la confestim_fw-la diluculum_fw-la ex_fw-la noctis_fw-la requie_n exsurgentes_fw-la ante_fw-la omne_fw-la opus_fw-la vel_fw-la verbum_fw-la ante_fw-la omne_fw-la colloquium_fw-la vel_fw-la conventionem_fw-la primitias_fw-la resurrectionis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la deo_fw-la exhibeamus_fw-la in_o sinceris_fw-la orationibus_fw-la atque_fw-la precibus_fw-la in_fw-la matutinis_fw-la deprecationibus_fw-la atque_fw-la gratiarum_fw-la actionibus_fw-la origen_n lib._n 1._o in_o job_n sol_fw-la 7._o a_o mensa_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la lectum_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la deprecationem_fw-la vertamur_fw-la ne_fw-la brutis_fw-la animantibus_fw-la simus_fw-la magis_fw-la bruti_fw-la novi_fw-la fore_fw-la multos_fw-la qui_fw-la damnent_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la nunc_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la veluti_fw-la qui_fw-la novam_fw-la quandam_fw-la &_o miram_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la inveham_fw-la concionandi_fw-la at_o ego_fw-la magis_fw-la damnabo_fw-la pravam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la quae_fw-la nunc_fw-la obtinuit_fw-la eâ—…enim_fw-la quòd_fw-la post_fw-la cibum_fw-la &_o mensam_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la somnum_fw-la oporteat_fw-la ire_n nec_fw-la ad_fw-la cubile_fw-la sed_fw-la oporteat_fw-la cibo_fw-la preces_fw-la ac_fw-la divinarum_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la lectionem_fw-la succedere_fw-la manifestiùs_fw-la declaravit_fw-la ipse_fw-la christus_fw-la qui_fw-la quum_fw-la immensam_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la accepisset_fw-la convivio_fw-la in_o deserto_fw-la non_fw-la remisit_fw-la illos_fw-la ad_fw-la lectum_fw-la aut_fw-la somnum_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la audiendos_fw-la sermon_n divinos_fw-la invitavit_fw-la chrysost._n conc_fw-fr 1._o de_fw-fr lazaro_n nec_fw-la solum_fw-la vobis_fw-la sufficiat_fw-la quòd_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la divinas_fw-la lectiones_fw-la auditis_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o domibus_fw-la vestris_fw-la aut_fw-la ipsi_fw-la legite_fw-la aut_fw-la alios_fw-la legentes_fw-la requirite_fw-la &_o libentèr_fw-la audite_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr tem._n serm._n 55._o pag._n â—…77_n vsex_n vsex_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d deut_n 1._o 17_o 〈◊〉_d it_o 19_o 15._o 〈◊〉_d chron_n sol_fw-it â—…7_n psalm_n 25._o pag._n 144._o
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