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which_o god_n have_v join_v together_o let_v no_o man_n put_v asunder_o augustine_n give_v a_o reason_n why_o fast_n and_o alm_n shall_v be_v combine_v and_o link_v together_o noliâ—eiunium_fw-la putare_fw-la sufficere_fw-la jeâ—umun_n te_fw-la castis_fw-la get_v non_fw-la alterum_fw-la reficit_fw-la 42._o aug._n in_o psal_n 42._o do_v not_o thou_o think_v that_o fast_v be_v sufficient_a fast_v do_v afflct_v thou_o it_o help_v not_o another_o ambrose_n account_v fast_v without_o alm_n a_o mere_a merchandise_n &_o trade_n of_o gain_n 33._o amb_n tom_n 3_o s._n â—m_n 33._o qui_fw-la sic_fw-la abstinet_fw-la ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la de_fw-la suis_fw-la epulis_fw-la largiatur_fw-la videtur_fw-la quaestum_fw-la sibi_fw-la suum_fw-la fecisse_fw-la ieiunium_fw-la &_o negotiationem_fw-la parcando_fw-la atque_fw-la ideo_fw-la bona_fw-la elecmosyna_n cum_fw-la ieiunio_fw-la they_o who_o do_v so_o abstain_v from_o meat_n as_o they_o give_v nothing_o of_o that_o which_o they_o spare_v 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