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condition_n of_o life_n be_v hazardous_a ibid._n misery_n of_o this_o present_a life_n 436_o of_o the_o lily_n with_o six_o leaf_n 72_o divers_a kind_n of_o love_n 228_o 229_o love_n turn_v into_o rage_n 244_o the_o baseness_n of_o love_n 375_o love_n of_o invisible_a thing_n most_o penetrate_a ibid._n worldly_n lover_n be_v convert_v be_v the_o most_o servant_n in_o the_o love_n of_o god_n illustrate_v by_o a_o comparison_n 379_o excellency_n of_o love_n 399_o division_n of_o love_n ibid._n there_o be_v a_o possibility_n in_o man_n to_o love_v his_o enemy_n ibid._n effect_n of_o the_o love_n of_o enemy_n in_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n 400_o loyalty_n of_o a_o wife_n to_o her_o husband_n 352_o lust_n ruine_v empire_n 154_o lust_n be_v a_o fire_n that_o burn_v the_o garment_n of_o the_o soul_n 182_o luxury_n the_o sin_n of_o the_o heel_n 195_o lycinius_n his_o condition_n 242_o his_o end_n 242_o lycurgus_n his_o greatness_n 3_o m_o magnanimity_n 468_o man_n a_o stage-player_n upon_o 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