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my_o brethren_n and_o advise_o observe_v god_n be_v grievous_o displease_v with_o he_o who_o he_o suffer_v to_o sin_n and_o scourge_v not_o for_o who_o he_o true_o and_o merciful_o love_v he_o do_v not_o only_o forgive_v he_o his_o sin_n that_o they_o may_v not_o hurt_v he_o in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v but_o likewise_o chastize_v 453_o aug._n in_o psal_n 98._o post_n med_n mihi_fw-la pag._n 453_o he_o lest_o he_o shall_v always_o take_v delight_n in_o sin_n wherein_o god_n be_v like_o a_o expert_a physician_n who_o know_v exact_o what_o be_v most_o proper_a for_o every_o patient_a tell_v i_o why_o a_o physician_n minister_v more_o wormwood_n or_o ellebot_n to_o one_o patient_a then_o another_o because_o his_o disease_n or_o complexion_n require_v it_o think_v the_o same_o of_o god_n who_o by_o the_o month_n of_o saint_n augustine_n speak_v in_o this_o sort_n to_o the_o sick_a person_n i_o 454._o aug._n ib._n pag._n 454._o know_v who_o i_o cure_n let_v not_o the_o sick_a man_n 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de_fw-fr 〈…〉_o â—lâ—gellâ—_n man_n can_v do_v unto_o i_o saint_n augustine_n confirm_v this_o doctrine_n say_v if_o thou_o be_v exempt_v from_o suffer_a stripe_n thou_o be_v not_o admit_v into_o the_o number_n of_o child_n sect._n v._o a_o sack_n by_o a_o sack_n be_v decipher_v a_o heap_n of_o mischief_n out_o of_o which_o nevertheless_o either_o time_n or_o death_n deliver_v the_o prisoner_n the_o sack_n among_o the_o japonian_o 199._o vide_fw-la nicolai_n tiâ—gauâ—ii_fw-la triumphus_fw-la apud_fw-la japonas_fw-la mihi_fw-la p._n 138._o 199._o be_v a_o horrible_a torment_n not_o unknown_a to_o christian_n they_o that_o be_v condemn_v to_o this_o be_v tie_v in_o a_o sack_n up_o to_o the_o neck_n where_o they_o stand_v day_n and_o night_n without_o any_o food_n expose_v to_o the_o storm_n and_o tempest_n of_o the_o rain_n and_o wind_n thus_o be_v oppress_v with_o hunger_n thirst_n cold_a heat_n and_o want_v of_o sleep_n this_o miserable_a wretch_n find_v in_o one_o torment_n as_o many_o 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of_o the_o deceit_n of_o the_o ghostly_a enemy_n what_o a_o matter_n it_o be_v to_o fill_v from_o god_n grace_n and_o to_o have_v he_o their_o enemy_n when_o therefore_o they_o be_v destitute_a of_o divine_a comfort_n they_o fear_v lest_o peradventure_o they_o be_v exclude_v also_o from_o his_o favour_n by_o this_o mean_n they_o be_v in_o a_o sack_n and_o perplex_v with_o manifold_a grief_n for_o that_o cause_n likewise_o king_n dâ—vid_n confess_v thus_o with_o tear_n o_o god_n thou_o have_v repel_v we_o and_o destroy_v we_o thou_o have_v show_v hard_a matter_n to_o thy_o people_n thou_o have_v give_v we_o the_o wine_n of_o compunction_n to_o drink_v o_o my_o lord_n thou_o give_v we_o to_o drink_v out_o of_o thy_o cellar_n bitter_a wormwood_n wine_n a_o exceed_a bitter_a potion_n much_o like_o these_o be_v the_o word_n
we_o be_v able_a â—o_o endure_v taunt_n and_o reproach_n who_o ear_n be_v oftend_v with_o the_o draw_n of_o a_o stool_n or_o a_o form_n how_o shall_v we_o endure_v hunger_n or_o thirst_n who_o stomach_n turn_v with_o a_o little_a milk_n when_o it_o be_v burn_v a_o small_a thing_n displease_v a_o mind_n ill_o affect_v insomuch_o that_o some_o be_v apt_a to_o take_v exception_n against_o othery_a salutation_n countenance_n silence_n laughter_n question_n and_o the_o like_a the_o siâ—ke_n or_o sore_o be_v never_o touch_v but_o they_o complain_v our_o impatience_n stay_v not_o here_o it_o complain_v of_o weather_n and_o tempest_n yea_o of_o god_n himself_o one_o while_o we_o quarrel_n with_o immoderate_a rain_n at_o another_o time_n be_v vex_v with_o extremity_n of_o cold_a with_o too_o much_o heat_n in_o summer_n or_o sharpness_n of_o wiâ—ter_n we_o consider_v not_o that_o all_o â—his_n be_v do_v by_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n certain_o we_o too_o much_o prize_v our_o poor_a desert_n as_o though_o the_o heaven_n shall_v change_v their_o course_n for_o we_o these_o thing_n be_v not_o thus_o dispose_v for_o oâ—r_a prejudice_n nâ—y_o contrariwise_o they_o be_v do_v for_o our_o great_a benefit_n in_o vain_a therefore_o do_v we_o expostulate_v with_o weather_n if_o it_o be_v not_o dâ—y_o in_o vain_a weâ—â—â—me_n the_o earth_n if_o our_o corn_n prosper_v not_o in_o vain_a we_o storm_v against_o brute_n beast_n if_o they_o refuse_v to_o â—e_v subject_a unto_o we_o and_o as_o vain_o and_o no_o less_o foolish_o do_v we_o charge_v other_o when_o we_o ourselves_o be_v faulty_a hâ—w_o often_o do_v man_n broâ—ke_v forth_o into_o these_o furious_a speech_n that_o knave_n that_o arrant_a thief_n that_o man_n the_o very_a villain_n that_o live_v have_v combine_v and_o wrought_v this_o mischief_n against_o i_o it_o be_v that_o varlet_n that_o have_v bring_v i_o to_o destruction_n o_o ignorant_a and_o senseless_a man_n the_o truth_n be_v every_o one_o be_v author_n of_o his_o own_o calamity_n every_o man_n fashion_n his_o own_o fortune_n let_v every_o one_o therefore_o impute_v his_o fault_n to_o himself_o and_o not_o to_o other_o epictetus_n answer_v such_o man_n 10._o epictet_n enchir_n cap._n 10._o after_o this_o sort_n ignorant_a man_n be_v wont_a to_o accuse_v other_o as_o cause_n of_o their_o calamity_n those_o that_o begin_v to_o know_v themselves_o accuse_v themselves_o and_o final_o those_o that_o be_v prudent_a accuse_v neither_o themselves_o nor_o other_o sect._n vi._n the_o sixth_o fault_n to_o draw_v picture_n to_o sleep_v trifle_n and_o gaze_v out_o of_o the_o window_n it_o be_v usual_a with_o boy_n to_o love_v beyond_o measure_n dice_n cobnut_n picture_n and_o such_o kind_n of_o light_a trifle_n and_o even_o with_o tear_n to_o defend_v they_o it_o be_v a_o great_a inconvenience_n in_o the_o school_n of_o patience_n to_o be_v so_o exceed_o besot_v wiâ—h_o frail_a and_o transitory_a thing_n hence_o come_v all_o their_o grief_n and_o mourning_n most_o true_o say_v saint_n gregory_n a_o thing_n can_v never_o be_v med_n greg._n l_o 1._o moral_n cap._n 3._o med_n lose_v without_o grief_n unless_o it_o be_v possess_v without_o love_n job_n have_v lose_v all_o his_o wealth_n his_o ten_o child_n also_o yea_o it_o may_v even_o be_v say_v he_o have_v lose_v himself_o he_o be_v so_o full_a of_o painâ—s_n and_o overrun_v wiâ—h_a ulcer_n nevertheless_o out_o live_v as_o it_o be_v his_o own_o funeral_n he_o cheerful_o sing_v as_o it_o have_v please_v our_o lord_n so_o â—s_v it_o do_v the_o name_n of_o our_o lord_n be_v bless_v he_o willing_o say_v saint_n gregory_n abandon_v med_n greg._n l._n 1_o moral_a cap._n 3._o med_n his_o wealth_n which_o he_o possess_v without_o take_v contentment_n therein_o excellent_o well_o of_o job_n also_o say_v st._n augustine_n a_o just_a man_n in_o be_v strip_v 294._o aug._n hom_n 10_o sâ—rm_n 105._o the_o temp_n mihi_fw-la pag._n 294._o of_o all_o his_o earthly_a good_n escape_v rich_a in_o patience_n with_o these_o riches_n holy_a job_n be_v store_v his_o house_n be_v despoil_v of_o all_o all_o that_o make_v he_o seem_v so_o rich_a a_o little_a before_o be_v go_v at_o a_o blow_n on_o a_o sudden_a he_o sit_v as_o a_o poor_a beggar_n on_o the_o dunghill_n what_o may_v be_v imagine_v more_o miserable_a than_o his_o calamity_n what_o more_o happy_a than_o his_o inward_a happiness_n he_o have_v lose_v all_o the_o riches_n which_o god_n have_v give_v he_o but_o god_n himself_o who_o give_v he_o all_o he_o possess_v o_o man_n corrupt_a and_o sound_a foul_a &_o fair_a wound_v and_o whole_a sit_v upon_o the_o dunghill_n and_o reign_v in_o heaven_n if_o we_o love_v let_v we_o imitate_v and_o that_o we_o may_v imitate_v let_v we_o labour_n he_o help_v our_o endeavour_n who_o have_v command_v we_o to_o endeavour_v but_o hâ—w_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o this_o man_n have_v his_o heart_n so_o strong_o guard_v whence_o proceed_v this_o so_o great_a patience_n he_o lest_o without_o grief_n that_o which_o he_o possess_v without_o love_n he_o be_v sensible_a of_o some_o grief_n but_o that_o he_o easy_o endure_v he_o be_v incline_v to_o love_v his_o own_o but_o with_o moderation_n he_o possess_v his_o wife_n child_n and_o riches_n as_o if_o he_o shall_v not_o always_o enjoy_v they_o or_o as_o if_o he_o shall_v not_o become_v more_o miserable_a by_o be_v deprive_v of_o they_o to_o possess_v the_o creature_n of_o this_o world_n and_o not_o through_o too_o much_o love_n to_o be_v possess_v by_o they_o be_v a_o work_n and_o labour_n indeed_o therefore_o the_o royal_a psalmist_n denounce_v set_v not_o your_o heart_n upon_o they_o all_o the_o good_n that_o mortal_a man_n possess_v be_v mortal_a whatsoever_o thou_o be_v entitle_v to_o as_o lord_n remain_v with_o thou_o but_o it_o be_v not_o thou_o he_o that_o be_v unstable_a and_o frail_a of_o himself_o can_v have_v nothing_o firm_a and_o permanent_a we_o must_v of_o necessity_n both_o die_v ourselves_o and_o lose_v they_o and_o this_o if_o we_o right_o consider_v may_v be_v our_o comfort_n to_o lose_v that_o with_o patience_n which_o must_v be_v lose_v perforâ—e_n what_o be_v the_o best_a remedy_n than_o for_o these_o kind_n of_o loss_n not_o to_o love_v too_o much_o the_o thing_n which_o we_o must_v lose_v set_v not_o thy_o hart_n upon_o they_o let_v the_o soul_n that_o seek_v after_o god_n advance_v itself_o above_o all_o humane_a thing_n let_v it_o not_o lose_v itself_o in_o any_o thing_n without_o itself_o let_v she_o know_v herself_o to_o be_v too_o noble_a by_o creation_n to_o cast_v her_o love_n away_o upon_o perish_v delight_n ah_o we_o be_v vain_a and_o run_v after_o that_o which_o be_v fair_a and_o please_a to_o the_o eye_n we_o be_v in_o love_n with_o gaud_n and_o puppet_n and_o when_o we_o be_v deprive_v of_o these_o trifle_n we_o wrangle_v and_o with_o flood_n of_o tear_n bewail_v our_o loss_n we_o lose_v with_o excessive_a grief_n what_o with_o so_o great_a love_n we_o possess_v let_v we_o therefore_o less_o regard_v these_o transitory_a thing_n and_o our_o grief_n will_v be_v less_o in_o lose_v they_o we_o must_v daily_o curb_v and_o restrain_v our_o affection_n and_o as_o king_n tarqvinius_n walk_v in_o his_o garden_n strike_v off_o the_o top_n of_o poppy_n with_o his_o staff_n daily_o resist_v and_o suppress_v as_o soon_o as_o they_o put_v up_o their_o head_n these_o strong_a and_o violent_a affection_n the_o way_n to_o moderate_v thy_o grief_n be_v to_o qualify_v thy_o exorbitant_a desire_n sect._n vii_o the_o seven_o fault_n to_o counterfeit_a sickness_n it_o be_v a_o usual_a trick_n among_o scholar_n to_o feign_v themselves_o sick_a that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v enforce_v to_o study_v st._n augustine_n be_v much_o displease_v with_o his_o childhood_n and_o deplore_v it_o in_o this_o manner_n so_o little_a a_o boy_n and_o so_o great_a a_o sinner_n i_o play_v at_o ball_n in_o my_o childhood_n and_o thereby_o hinder_v my_o progress_n in_o learning_n i_o sin_v by_o neglect_v the_o precept_n of_o my_o parent_n and_o master_n aulus_n persius_n when_o he_o be_v a_o boy_n if_o at_o any_o time_n he_o can_v not_o say_v his_o lesson_n which_o his_o master_n set_v he_o he_o anoint_v his_o eye_n and_o pretend_v they_o be_v sore_o which_o he_o thus_o confess_v saepe_fw-la oculos_fw-la memini_fw-la tangebam_fw-la pâ—rvuâ—_n olivo_fw-la 42_o pers_n sat._n 3._o v._n 42_o grandia_fw-la si_fw-la nollem_fw-la morâ—turi_fw-la verba_fw-la catonis_fw-la discere_fw-la when_o die_v cato_n mighty_a word_n i_o will_v not_o get_v by_o heart_n i_o often_o feign_v my_o eye_n besmear_v with_o oil_n do_v prick_v and_o smart_n boy_n find_v many_o excuse_n to_o absent_v themselves_o from_o school_n which_o indeed_o proceed_v out_o of_o their_o own_o negligence_n upon_o a_o time_n a_o certain_a master_n ask_v his_o
that_o i_o shall_v never_o digest_v he_o o_o that_o i_o be_v but_o rid_v of_o this_o fellow_n o_o that_o i_o may_v once_o liquor_n my_o shoe_n with_o thâ—s_a knave_n blood_n whatsoever_o it_o cost_v i_o i_o can_v never_o be_v at_o quiet_a as_o long_o as_o this_o villain_n be_v in_o my_o sight_n o_o most_o impious_a speech_n fetch_v from_o hell_n and_o thither_o to_o be_v send_v again_o thus_o foolish_o we_o abscribe_v to_o our_o adversary_n the_o disquiet_n of_o our_o mind_n a_o soul_n error_n against_o which_o that_o golden_a orator_n discourse_v suppose_v say_v he_o we_o have_v a_o body_n of_o adamant_n albeit_o we_o be_v shoot_v at_o on_o all_o side_n with_o innumerable_a shaft_n we_o shall_v never_o be_v wound_v see_v wound_n proceed_v not_o from_o the_o hand_n that_o shoot_v but_o from_o the_o passibility_n of_o the_o body_n upon_o which_o they_o be_v inflict_v so_o in_o like_a case_n injury_n and_o contumely_n take_v their_o be_v not_o from_o the_o insolency_n of_o those_o lewd_a fellow_n that_o offer_v they_o but_o from_o the_o weakness_n and_o imbecility_n of_o those_o that_o suffer_v they_o if_o we_o have_v the_o true_a art_n of_o philosophy_n we_o shall_v never_o be_v sensible_a of_o any_o injury_n or_o take_v it_o in_o ill_a part_n for_o example_n do_v a_o man_n offer_v thou_o a_o injury_n if_o thou_o resent_v it_o not_o it_o never_o grieve_v thou_o neither_o haste_n thou_o sustain_v any_o injury_n but_o rather_o strike_v he_o than_o receive_v a_o stroke_n why_o therefore_o do_v we_o accuse_v our_o enemy_n and_o those_o that_o malign_v we_o as_o if_o they_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o our_o misery_n the_o fault_n be_v of_o our_o side_n whensoever_o we_o be_v hurt_v we_o hurt_v ourselves_o most_o true_a be_v that_o say_n of_o the_o church_n no_o adversity_n shall_v ever_o hurt_v we_o if_o no_o iniquity_n have_v dominion_n over_o we_o but_o what_o marvel_v if_o there_o be_v in_o our_o mind_n so_o little_a quietness_n see_v there_o be_v in_o it_o so_o little_a temper_n of_o our_o tongue_n or_o patience_n in_o suffer_v we_o be_v in_o every_o respect_n untractable_a we_o can_v neither_o digest_v that_o with_o silence_n which_o be_v displease_v nor_o with_o patience_n what_o be_v contrary_a to_o our_o disposition_n and_o yet_o we_o lay_v all_o the_o fault_n upon_o our_o adversary_n we_o shall_v be_v more_o holy_a say_v we_o be_v it_o not_o for_o he_o o_o ridiculous_a man_n be_v it_o not_o our_o own_o fault_n the_o wickedness_n of_o our_o adversary_n will_v be_v so_o far_o from_o make_v we_o worse_o that_o it_o will_v render_v we_o much_o better_o and_o honest_a man_n thy_o perdition_n o_o israel_n be_v from_o thyself_o not_o from_o thy_o enemy_n impute_v thy_o impatience_n to_o thyself_o and_o noâ—_n to_o they_o and_o who_o be_v there_o that_o can_v molest_v or_o hurt_v we_o if_o we_o be_v follower_n of_o good_a this_o be_v a_o remarkable_a speech_n of_o saint_n chrysostome_n no_o man_n be_v hurt_v but_o by_o himself_o it_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o decius_n aurelianus_n nero_n domician_n dioclesiâ—n_o to_o kill_v and_o slaughter_v those_o courageous_a champion_n st._n vincent_n sebastian_n george_n mauritius_n tibuâ—â—ius_n but_o not_o to_o hurt_v they_o which_o sure_o they_o have_v do_v can_v they_o have_v take_v from_o they_o their_o celestial_a crown_n well_o might_n valerianus_n torture_v st._n laurence_n upon_o a_o gridiron_n but_o not_o bereave_v he_o of_o christ_n or_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n well_o may_v the_o arian_n fury_n persecute_v athanasius_n both_o by_o sea_n and_o land_n but_o not_o hurt_v or_o endammage_n he_o who_o virtue_n iâ—_n amplify_v and_o illustrate_v it_o be_v a_o learned_a say_n of_o origen_n num._n orig_n hom_n 25_o in_o lib._n num._n all_o thing_n be_v so_o ordain_v that_o nothing_o in_o the_o fight_n of_o god_n although_o it_o be_v evil_a be_v idle_a or_o in_o vain_a there_o be_v no_o evil_n wrought_v by_o god_n but_o when_o it_o be_v contrive_v by_o other_o albeit_o he_o may_v hinder_v it_o he_o do_v not_o but_o concur_v with_o those_o that_o invent_v it_o to_o make_v some_o necessary_a use_n thereof_o thus_o god_n be_v no_o author_n of_o sin_n but_o of_o all_o punishment_n whatsoever_o neither_o be_v it_o his_o will_n to_o harm_n or_o prejudice_n but_o for_o our_o great_a good_a to_o correct_v and_o reform_v we_o sect._n ix_o consider_v here_o i_o beseech_v you_o what_o aman_n do_v to_o mardocheus_n aman_n insolent_a through_o the_o favour_n of_o his_o prince_n stately_a and_o magnificent_a touch_v in_o his_o own_o conceit_n the_o very_a star_n with_o his_o head_n all_o the_o servant_n of_o the_o king_n bend_v their_o knee_n and_o adore_v aman_n for_o so_o the_o emperor_n have_v give_v they_o in_o charge_n he_o like_v a_o cock_n upon_o his_o own_o dunghill_n sway_v all_o and_o will_v be_v adore_v of_o mardocheus_n as_o he_o be_v by_o other_o vail_v bonnet_n jew_n quoth_v he_o bend_v thy_o knee_n kiss_v thy_o hand_n adore_v aman._n it_o go_v hard_o 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