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thou_o the_o evil_a day_n what_o suppose_v the_o day_n of_o general_a judgement_n be_v not_o to_o come_v for_o many_o year_n be_v not_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o particular_a judgement_n at_o hand_n unto_o which_o thou_o shall_v be_v draw_v sudden_o and_o perforce_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o thy_o deceive_a imagination_n thou_o shall_v be_v take_v away_o in_o a_o hour_n wherein_o thou_o think_v not_o to_o die_v more_o miserable_a than_o that_o rich_a glutton_n who_o have_v store_v his_o head_n with_o false_a conclusion_n dream_v of_o many_o day_n to_o come_v when_o he_o have_v not_o one_o be_v that_o same_o day_n take_v away_o to_o judgement_n and_o this_o shall_v move_v we_o the_o more_o if_o we_o do_v remember_v that_o such_o as_o we_o be_v in_o the_o day_n of_o death_n such_o shall_v we_o be_v find_v in_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n in_o quo_fw-la enim_fw-la quemque_fw-la hesych_n aug._n epist_n ad_fw-la hesych_n invenerit_fw-la suus_fw-la novissimus_fw-la dies_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la cum_fw-la comprehendet_fw-la mundinovissimus_fw-la dies_fw-la quia_fw-la qualis_fw-la in_o die_fw-la isto_fw-la cuique_fw-la moritur_fw-la talis_fw-la in_o die_fw-la illo_fw-la iudicabitur_fw-la and_o every_o man_n in_o the_o last_o day_n shall_v be_v judge_v to_o be_v such_o as_o he_o be_v when_o he_o die_v it_o will_v waken_v we_o all_o more_o careful_o to_o think_v upon_o our_o end_n that_o so_o we_o may_v prepare_v ourselves_o for_o this_o second_o dyat_n of_o judgement_n but_o the_o three_o dyat_n of_o judgement_n shall_v be_v most_o fearful_a judgement_n 3_o the_o three_o dyat_n shall_v be_v keep_v against_o they_o in_o the_o day_n of_o general_a judgement_n when_o all_o the_o wicked_a be_v gather_v together_o in_o one_o shall_v be_v condemn_v in_o that_o high_a and_o supreme_a court_n of_o justice_n which_o the_o lord_n shall_v hold_v upon_o all_o that_o ever_o take_v life_n then_o shall_v the_o full_a measure_n of_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n be_v pour_v upon_o all_o those_o 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his_o son_n be_v his_o heir_n and_o yet_o the_o inheritance_n enjoy_v of_o many_o be_v not_o the_o less_o neither_o be_v we_o to_o think_v this_o impossible_a for_o see_v the_o lord_n have_v endue_v the_o sun_n in_o the_o firmament_n with_o this_o property_n that_o albeit_o the_o light_n thereof_o be_v communicate_v unto_o many_o yet_o be_v it_o not_o the_o less_o in_o itself_o plurium_fw-la oculos_fw-la pascit_fw-la &_o 64._o aug._n de_fw-fr verb._n dom_n in_o euan._n joan._n ser_n 64._o tamen_fw-la tanta_fw-la est_fw-la quanta_fw-la erat_fw-la &_o illi_fw-la pascuntur_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la non_fw-la minuitur_fw-la it_o feed_v the_o eye_n of_o many_o they_o be_v nourish_v and_o it_o be_v not_o diminish_v may_v we_o not_o much_o more_o think_v that_o the_o heavenly_a light_n communicate_v to_o many_o shall_v for_o all_o that_o not_o be_v impair_v in_o earthly_a inheritance_n it_o be_v so_o the_o more_o be_v partaker_n of_o they_o the_o less_o they_o be_v but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o in_o 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