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not_o long_o in_o some_o impertinent_a company_n and_o long_o in_o some_o unnecessary_a business_n or_o linger_a and_o loiter_v at_o home_n or_o abroad_o or_o at_o some_o club_n or_o other_o long_o than_o family_n prayer_n may_v be_v profitable_o perform_v and_o yet_o say_v thou_o have_v no_o time_n 6._o what_o if_o god_n shall_v visit_v thy_o family_n with_o some_o last_a sickness_n and_o take_v thou_o and_o thy_o servant_n too_o from_o your_o work_n and_o calling_n and_o make_v you_o spend_v that_o time_n in_o sickness_n in_o your_o bed_n from_o your_o labour_n which_o you_o will_v not_o spend_v in_o prayer_n must_v you_o find_v a_o time_n to_o be_v sick_a and_o die_v and_o yet_o find_v no_o time_n to_o pray_v ire_n ab_n quid_fw-la respondere_fw-la velit_fw-la châ—isto_fw-la venturo_fw-la de_fw-la coelis_fw-la cum_fw-la à _fw-la te_fw-la poscet_fw-la rationem_fw-la ob_fw-la boni_fw-la remissionem_fw-la et_fw-la mali_fw-la commissionem_fw-la dies_fw-la illa_fw-la dies_fw-la irae_fw-la 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strictè_fw-la discussuruâ—_n quid_fw-la tum_fw-la miser_n tum_fw-la dicturus_fw-la quem_fw-la patronum_fw-la rogaturus_fw-la quam_fw-la vix_fw-la iustùs_fw-la sit_fw-la securus_fw-la 66._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epict._n enchir._n cap._n 66._o 8._o be_v you_o the_o better_a for_o your_o riches_n when_o you_o have_v by_o this_o labour_n get_v they_o or_o do_v you_o work_v so_o hard_o and_o spend_v your_o time_n even_o all_o your_o time_n for_o such_o thing_n that_o when_o you_o have_v they_o you_o be_v no_o better_o you_o account_v he_o the_o best_a man_n in_o the_o parish_n that_o have_v the_o most_o riches_n and_o be_v the_o great_a but_o so_o do_v not_o god_n no_o the_o heathen_n will_v not_o neither_o but_o he_o that_o be_v most_o holy_a and_o love_v god_n best_o and_o serve_v he_o most_o those_o be_v good_n indeed_o that_o make_v you_o good_a indeed_o but_o you_o be_v the_o worse_o by_o how_o much_o you_o spend_v your_o time_n more_o precious_a than_o all_o in_o time_n you_o get_v with_o the_o neglect_n of_o your_o duty_n unto_o god_n 369._o nolo_fw-la tollas_fw-la cupiditatem_fw-la sed_fw-la mute_n nolo_fw-la perdas_fw-la sed_fw-la lucreris_fw-la avarum_fw-la cupiditas_fw-la argentei_fw-la nummi_fw-la incitat_fw-la ad_fw-la cupiendum_fw-la aureum_fw-la pro_fw-la quo_fw-la relinquit_fw-la argenteum_fw-la namque_fw-la ipse_fw-la valour_n argentei_fw-la est_fw-la in_o aureo_fw-la ideo_fw-la plures_fw-la aereos_fw-la atque_fw-la argenteos_fw-la pro_fw-la uno_fw-la commutat_fw-la aureo_fw-la o_fw-la locupletissimum_fw-la qui_fw-la ita_fw-la svas_fw-la cupiditates_fw-la contrahitâ—_n commutanda_fw-la omne_fw-la pro_fw-la deo_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o totum_fw-la gaudium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la latissimum_fw-la in_o uno_fw-la colligendum_fw-la nolo_fw-la aliquid_fw-la nimis_fw-la severum_fw-la nolo_fw-la ut_fw-la consumas_fw-la cupiditates_fw-la omnes_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la resumas_fw-la omnes_fw-la &_o in_o una_fw-la sumas_fw-la nieremb_v de_fw-fr art_n volunt_fw-la p._n 369._o 9_o what_o if_o thou_o
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