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join_v his_o greatness_n with_o our_o littleness_n his_o powerfulnesse_n with_o our_o weakness_n his_o fairness_n with_o our_o foulness_n his_o beauty_n with_o our_o deformity_n his_o riches_n with_o our_o poverty_n the_o gold_n of_o his_o divinity_n with_o the_o dirt_n of_o our_o flesh_n and_o as_o the_o great_a draw_v the_o lesser_a after_o it_o so_o our_o baseness_n do_v ascend_v to_o a_o height_n of_o honour_n and_o this_o be_v a_o great_a excess_n but_o far_o great_a to_o esteem_v this_o excess_n as_o a_o glory_n whence_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n have_v learned_a to_o style_v tribulation_n and_o the_o cross_n glory_n second_o this_o excess_n may_v be_v term_v glory_n because_o it_o be_v the_o most_o glorious_a action_n that_o god_n ever_o do_v for_o what_o can_v be_v great_a than_o to_o see_v death_n subdue_v life_n restore_v the_o empire_n of_o sin_n overthrow_v the_o prince_n thereof_o dispossess_v of_o his_o throne_n justice_n satisfy_v the_o world_n redeem_v and_o darkness_n 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break_v the_o heaven_n and_o come_v down_o and_o that_o the_o mountain_n may_v melt_v at_o thy_o presence_n etc._n etc._n what_o a_o great_a change_n and_o alteration_n will_v thou_o see_v in_o the_o world_n thou_o will_v see_v mountain_n that_o be_v heart_n that_o be_v puff_v up_o with_o pride_n humble_v and_o lay_v level_a with_o the_o ground_n thou_o will_v see_v water_n that_o be_v breast_n that_o be_v cold_a and_o freeze_v boil_v with_o the_o fire_n of_o zeal_n and_o whole_o employ_v themselves_o in_o thy_o service_n and_o in_o he_o sixty_v chapter_n 60._o treat_v of_o the_o profit_n and_o benefit_n which_o we_o shall_v receive_v by_o christ_n come_n he_o say_v for_o brass_n will_v i_o bring_v gold_n and_o for_o iron_n will_v i_o bring_v silver_n and_o for_o wood_n brass_n and_o for_o stone_n iron_n i_o will_v also_o make_v thy_o government_n peace_n and_o thy_o exactour_n righteousness_n violence_n shall_v no_o more_o be_v hear_v of_o in_o thy_o land_n neither_o desolation_n nor_o destruction_n within_o thy_o border_n but_o thou_o shall_v call_v salvation_n thy_o wall_n and_o praise_n thy_o gate_n the_o lord_n shall_v be_v thy_o everlasting_a light_n and_o thy_o god_n thy_o glory_n bonum_fw-la est_fw-la nos_fw-la hic_fw-la esse_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v better_a be_v here_o than_o in_o jerusalem_n let_v we_o therefore_o make_v here_o three_o tabernacle_n etc._n etc._n saint_n gregory_n call_v honour_n tempestatem_fw-la intellectus_fw-la i_o the_o understand_n storm_n or_o tempest_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o danger_n it_o drive_v man_n into_o and_o the_o easiness_n wherewith_o in_o that_o course_n he_o run_v on_o to_o his_o destruction_n 2d_o si_fw-mi dederit_fw-la mihi_fw-la dominus_fw-la panem_fw-la ad_fw-la vescendum_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v jacob_n speech_n unto_o god_n after_o that_o he_o have_v do_v that_o great_a favour_n of_o show_v a_o ladder_n upon_o earth_n who_o top_n reach_v up_o to_o heaven_n you_o know_v the_o story_n but_o the_o vow_n that_o he_o vow_v unto_o god_n be_v this_o if_o god_n will_v be_v with_o i_o and_o will_v keep_v i_o in_o this_o journey_n that_o i_o go_v and_o will_v give_v i_o bread_n to_o eat_v and_o clothes_n to_o put_v on_o then_o shall_v the_o lord_n be_v my_o god_n and_o i_o shall_v never_o forget_v this_o his_o kindness_n towards_o i_o more_o love_n a_o man_n will_v have_v think_v he_o may_v have_v show_v towards_o god_n if_o he_o have_v promise_v to_o serve_v though_o he_o have_v give_v he_o neither_o bread_n to_o eat_v nor_o clothes_n to_o put_v on_o but_o saint_n chrysostome_n say_v that_o he_o see_v in_o this_o vision_n of_o he_o the_o prosperity_n that_o god_n be_v willing_a to_o throw_v upon_o he_o do_v acknowledge_v the_o thankful_a remembrance_n of_o this_o his_o promise_a &_o hope_v for_o happiness_n for_o prosperity_n be_v evermore_o the_o comparison_n of_o oblivion_n saint_n bernard_n expound_v that_o place_n of_o david_n man_n be_v in_o honour_n 49._o have_v no_o 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and_o let_v he_o make_v himself_o as_o merry_a as_o he_o can_v for_o this_o world_n will_v not_o last_v long_o with_o he_o for_o his_o destruction_n be_v at_o hand_n and_o the_o stroke_n of_o death_n hang_v over_o his_o head_n and_o when_o it_o come_v it_o will_v come_v sudden_o upon_o he_o many_o great_a sinner_n live_v to_o be_v very_o old_a man_n before_o they_o die_v and_o the_o reason_n of_o it_o be_v for_o that_o god_n who_o be_v a_o god_n of_o patience_n suffer_v they_o to_o live_v here_o the_o long_o for_o that_o after_o their_o death_n a_o bitter_a portion_n remain_v for_o they_o et_fw-la portaretur_fw-la ab_fw-la angelis_n and_o he_o be_v carry_v of_o angel_n every_o torment_n be_v so_o much_o the_o more_o cruel_a by_o how_o much_o the_o more_o it_o suffer_v in_o the_o extreme_n that_o be_v opposite_a thereunto_o job_n ponder_v that_o of_o hell_n say_v that_o those_o that_o be_v there_o torment_v pass_v from_o snow_n to_o fire_n ab_fw-la aquis_fw-la nivium_fw-la ad_fw-la nimium_fw-la colorem_fw-la the_o like_a succee_v in_o content_n which_o be_v so_o much_o the_o great_a by_o how_o much_o we_o go_v from_o a_o great_a sorrow_n to_o a_o great_a joy_n such_o than_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o lazarus_n pass_v from_o the_o paw_n of_o dog_n to_o the_o hand_n of_o angel_n from_o the_o portch_n of_o a_o tyrant_n to_o the_o bosom_n of_o abraham_n from_o the_o great_a misery_n to_o the_o great_a happiness_n that_o they_o who_o be_v even_o the_o most_o bless_a do_v then_o enjoy_v the_o dog_n in_o scripture_n be_v the_o symbol_n or_o hieroglyphic_n of_o a_o most_o filthy_a 8._o vile_a and_o base_a thing_n abner_n say_v unto_o ishbosheth_n be_o i_o a_o dog_n that_o thou_o thus_o despise_v i_o the_o poet_n give_v he_o this_o beastly_a epithet_n obsaenoque_fw-la cane_n 7._o and_o saint_n matthew_n by_o way_n of_o scorn_n non_fw-la licet_fw-la sanctum_fw-la dare_v canibus_fw-la but_o the_o angel_n be_v the_o noble_a of_o all_o other_o creature_n and_o the_o pure_a 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one_o angel_n be_v enough_o to_o overthrow_v a_o mountain_n one_o only_o suffice_v to_o move_v these_o celestial_a orb_n but_o it_o be_v saint_n chrysostom_n note_n that_o every_o one_o be_v glad_a to_o put_v a_o help_a hand_n to_o so_o worthy_a a_o burden_n â—_o this_o as_o many_o earnest_o thrust_v themselves_o forward_o to_o bear_v a_o foot_n a_o leg_n or_o a_o arm_n of_o some_o great_a monarch_n in_o â—inum_fw-la abrahae_fw-la into_o the_o bosom_n of_o abraham_n some_o understand_v by_o this_o his_o bosom_n the_o near_a place_n about_o abraham_n as_o in_o that_o of_o the_o evangelist_n all_o the_o apostle_n sup_v with_o our_o saviour_n christ_n but_o saint_n john_n only_o lean_v his_o head_n in_o his_o bosom_n and_o in_o that_o other_o vnigenituâ—_n qui_fw-la est_fw-la in_o sinu_fw-la patris_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o only_o beget_v who_o be_v in_o the_o bosom_n of_o the_o father_n as_o also_o that_o a_o dextris_fw-la at_o his_o right_a hand_n so_o likewise_o many_o shall_v lie_v down_o with_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n and_o the_o church_n sing_v martinus_n abrahae_fw-la sinu_fw-la laetus_fw-la excipitur_fw-la mortuâ—s_fw-la est_fw-la autem_fw-la dives_fw-la &_o sepultus_fw-la est_fw-la but_o the_o rich_a man_n die_v and_o be_v bury_v the_o greek_a make_v there_o a_o full_a point_n and_o then_o present_o go_v on_o in_o inferno_fw-la autem_fw-la cum_fw-la esseâ—_n in_o tormentis_fw-la but_o when_o he_o be_v in_o hell_n in_o torment_n but_o of_o lazarus_n it_o be_v not_o say_v that_o they_o bury_v he_o whither_o it_o be_v for_o that_o he_o have_v no_o burial_n at_o all_o or_o for_o that_o be_v so_o poor_a and_o miserable_a a_o creature_n earth_n make_v no_o mention_n of_o he_o as_o heaven_n do_v not_o of_o the_o rich_a man_n but_o we_o read_v of_o the_o rich_a man_n sepultus_fw-la est_fw-la he_o be_v bury_v hitherto_o do_v reach_v the_o jurisdiction_n of_o his_o riches_n and_o the_o peculiar_a of_o his_o prosperity_n great_a ceremony_n watchful_a 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