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jesu_fw-la qui_fw-la parcendo_fw-la saepius_fw-la nos_fw-la à _fw-la te_fw-la abijcis_fw-la feriendo_fw-la effice_n ut_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la redeamus_fw-la ger._n med_n let_v fasting_n macerate_v my_o body_n let_v sorrow_n oppress_v my_o mind_n let_v pain_n consume_v my_o flesh_n let_v watch_n dry_v i_o or_o heat_n scorch_v i_o or_o cold_a freeze_n and_o contract_v i_o let_v all_o these_o and_o what_o can_v come_v more_o happen_v unto_o i_o so_o i_o may_v enjoy_v my_o saviour_n for_o how_o excellent_a shall_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o just_a be_v how_o great_a their_o joy_n when_o every_o face_n shall_v shine_v as_o the_o sun_n when_o or_o saviour_n shall_v martial_a the_o saint_n in_o their_o distinct_a order_n and_o shall_v render_v to_o every_o one_o according_a to_o his_o work_n o_o be_v thy_o affection_n right_o settle_v on_o these_o heavenly_a mansion_n how_o abject_a &_o underneath_o thou_o will_v thou_o esteem_v those_o thing_n which_o before_o thou_o set_v a_o high_a price_n 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promise_v to_o all_o man_n but_o who_o be_v there_o almost_o that_o spend_v one_o moment_n in_o the_o serious_a meditation_n of_o it_o what_o man_n be_v there_o that_o ever_o talk_v to_o his_o wife_n to_o his_o child_n to_o his_o family_n of_o such_o a_o kingdom_n we_o can_v riot_n in_o the_o praise_n of_o our_o native_a soil_n but_o we_o blush_v to_o speak_v of_o and_o be_v ashamed_a to_o commend_v our_o true_a country_n our_o everlasting_a home_n in_o our_o deal_n about_o the_o thing_n of_o this_o life_n our_o understanding_n be_v ready_a enough_o to_o apprehend_v they_o and_o our_o heart_n to_o entertain_v they_o and_o our_o tongue_n to_o discourse_v of_o they_o but_o in_o thing_n that_o belong_v to_o the_o eternal_a salvation_n of_o our_o soul_n how_o deep_a be_v our_o silence_n how_o slow_a our_o speech_n how_o unskilful_a our_o expression_n thus_o we_o forsake_v heaven_n for_o these_o thing_n which_o at_o last_o will_v forsake_v we_o and_o trifle_v out_o our_o time_n in_o thing_n that_o will_v not_o profit_v us._n how_o far_o be_v man_n now_o adays_o from_o that_o sweet_a resolution_n of_o saint_n hierome_n let_v other_o say_v he_o live_v in_o their_o statue_n in_o their_o costly_a monument_n i_o have_v rather_o have_v st_n paul_n coat_n with_o his_o heavenly_a grace_n than_o the_o purple_a of_o king_n with_o their_o kingdom_n o_o that_o we_o will_v look_v thus_o lowly_a upon_o ourselves_o we_o be_v christian_n in_o profession_n o_o let_v we_o be_v such_o in_o practice_n see_v that_o god_n have_v make_v we_o steward_n of_o his_o treasure_n let_v we_o improve_v they_o to_o the_o benefit_n of_o our_o brethren_n have_v god_n give_v we_o abundance_n of_o his_o blessing_n o_o let_v we_o not_o hide_v our_o talent_n in_o a_o napkin_n let_v we_o send_v our_o good_a work_n before_o we_o into_o heaven_n pauca_fw-la da_fw-la maxima_fw-la in_o coelo_fw-la recepturus_fw-la these_o slender_a gift_n which_o thou_o do_v cheerful_o distribute_v in_o
excellency_n mount_v up_o to_o the_o heaven_n and_o his_o head_n reach_v unto_o the_o cloud_n yet_o shall_v he_o perish_v for_o ever_o like_o his_o dongue_z but_o the_o righteous_a be_v like_o a_o strong_a mountain_n and_o he_o shall_v be_v have_v in_o everlasting_a remembrance_n wherefore_o to_o draw_v to_o a_o conclusion_n just_a occasion_n may_v here_o be_v take_v for_o deplore_a the_o negligence_n and_o unhappy_a condition_n of_o our_o time_n where_o be_v there_o any_o that_o take_v into_o their_o thought_n the_o due_a consideration_n of_o the_o time_n to_o come_v where_o shall_v we_o find_v any_o true_o provident_a for_o immortality_n sic_fw-la plerique_fw-la vivimus_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la fabula_fw-la esset_fw-la omnis_fw-la aeternitas_fw-la we_o so_o live_v as_o though_o we_o conceive_v of_o eternity_n but_o as_o of_o a_o fable_n or_o a_o dream_n the_o sweet_a allurement_n of_o sin_n do_v so_o strange_o beguile_v many_o that_o by_o gentle_a degree_n they_o obliterate_v and_o 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