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why_o do_v thou_o forget_v or_o despise_v thy_o obligation_n to_o my_o kindness_n thou_o be_v a_o usurper_n a_o robber_n or_o a_o purloiner_n of_o my_o good_n which_o i_o never_o intend_v for_o such_o as_o thou_o i_o challenge_v thou_o of_o wrong_n to_o myself_o and_o of_o sacrilege_n towards_o my_o god_n to_o who_o service_n i_o devote_v those_o his_o gift_n to_o i_o how_o reproachful_n will_v it_o be_v to_o we_o if_o that_o expostulation_n may_v concern_v we_o 16._o wherefore_o be_v there_o a_o price_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o fool_n to_o get_v wisdom_n see_v he_o have_v no_o heart_n to_o it_o if_o to_o be_v a_o dunce_n or_o a_o bungler_n in_o any_o profession_n be_v shameful_a how_o much_o more_o ignominious_a and_o infamous_a to_o a_o scholar_n to_o be_v such_o from_o who_o all_o man_n expect_v that_o he_o shall_v excel_v in_o intellectual_a ability_n and_o be_v able_a to_o help_v other_o by_o his_o instruction_n and_o advice_n nothing_o sure_o will_v more_o grate_v on_o the_o heart_n of_o one_o that_o have_v a_o spark_n of_o ingenuity_n of_o modesty_n of_o generous_a good_a nature_n than_o to_o be_v liable_a to_o such_o a_o imputation_n to_o avoid_v it_o therefore_o together_o with_o all_o the_o guilt_n and_o all_o the_o mischief_n attend_v on_o sloth_n let_v each_o of_o we_o in_o god_n name_n careful_o mind_v his_o business_n and_o let_v the_o grace_n and_o blessing_n of_o god_n prosper_v you_o therein_o amen_n finis_fw-la rom._n 12._o 1â—_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o cor._n 8._o 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n chrys._n in_o act._n or._n 35_o prov._n 21._o 25._o 13._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n chrys._n in_o act._n orat._n 35._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n chrys._n ibid._n neglectis_fw-la urenda_fw-la silix_fw-la innascitur_fw-la agris_fw-la hor._n serm._n 1._o 3._o plut._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 3._o gen._n 2._o 15._o prov._n 24._o 30_o 31._o gen._n 3._o 17_o job_n 5._o 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lxx_o interp._n now_o great_a travel_n as_o the_o son_n of_o sirach_n say_v be_v create_v for_o every_o man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n ecclus._n 40._o 1._o and_o a_o heavy_a yoke_n be_v upon_o the_o son_n of_o adam_n etc._n etc._n â—_o thess._n 3._o 10._o prov._n 19_o 15._o prov._n 20._o 4._o virg._n georg._n â—_o curis_fw-la acuens_fw-la mortalia_fw-la corda_fw-la nec_fw-la torpere_fw-la gravi_fw-la passus_fw-la sua_fw-la regna_fw-la veterno_fw-la virg._n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n chrysost._n in_o act._n hom._n 35._o psal._n 37._o 3_o 23._o prov._n 3._o 6._o dii_fw-la laboribus_fw-la omne_fw-la vendunt_fw-la jud._n 6._o 36._o 7._o 7._o 2_o king_n 5._o 2._o josh._n 1._o 7_o 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys._n in_o eph._n orat._n