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in_o i_o vide_fw-la non_fw-la meum_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la mevin_fw-la videris_fw-la damnas_fw-la si_fw-mi tuum_fw-la vieris_fw-la corona_n nam_fw-la et_fw-la quecumque_fw-la mihi_fw-la sunt_fw-la opera_fw-la bona_fw-la abs_fw-la te_fw-la sunt_fw-la that_o be_v i_o say_v not_o unto_o the_o lord_n despise_v not_o the_o work_n of_o my_o hand_n i_o have_v seek_v the_o lord_n with_o my_o hand_n 107._o augu._n in_o psal_n 107._o and_o i_o be_v not_o deceive_v but_o i_o do_v no_o praise_n or_o commend_v the_o work_n of_o my_o hand_n for_o i_o be_o afraid_a lest_o when_o thou_o look_v upon_o they_o thou_o find_v more_o sin_n than_o merit_n this_o only_a i_o say_v this_o i_o pray_v this_o i_o covet_v despise_v not_o the_o work_v of_o thy_o hand_n see_v thy_o own_o work_n in_o i_o and_o not_o i_o for_o if_o thou_o see_v i_o thou_o do_v condemn_v if_o thou_o see_v thy_o thou_o croune_v for_o all_o the_o good_a work_n that_o i_o have_v they_o be_v of_o thou_o here_o this_o holy_a father_n do_v plainelye_o confess_v that_o as_o god_n do_v only_o reward_v of_o crown_n in_o we_o that_o which_o be_v his_o own_o so_o be_v do_v condemn_v all_o that_o he_o find_v to_o be_v our_o own_o and_o therefore_o 61_o bernardus_n super_fw-la cantica_fw-la fermo_fw-la 61_o it_o be_v not_o without_o a_o cause_n that_o bernarde_n do_v say_v meritum_fw-la proin_n de_fw-la meum_fw-la miseratio_fw-la domini_fw-la non_fw-la sum_fw-la plane_n meriti_fw-la inops_fw-la quandiu_fw-la non_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ille_fw-la inops_fw-la miserationum_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la misericordie_o domini_fw-la multe_fw-la multus_fw-la ego_fw-la pereque_fw-la sum_fw-la in_o meritis_fw-la nunquid_fw-la iustitias_fw-la meas_fw-la cantabo_fw-la bernard_n a_o golden_a sayinge_v of_o saint_n bernard_n domine_fw-la meminero_fw-la iustitie_n tue_o solius_fw-la ipsa_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la mea_fw-la nempe_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la mihi_fw-la iustitia_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v my_o merit_n therefore_o be_v 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man_n eutra._n if_o all_o mounk_n have_v speak_v and_o write_v non_fw-la other_o wise_a of_o the_o merit_n of_o man_n than_o this_o holy_a mounke_n bernarde_n do_v 91._o idem_fw-la in_o psal_n 91._o the_o grace_n of_o god_n have_v not_o be_v so_o darken_v these_o many_o hundred_o year_n by_o vain_a extollinge_n of_o merit_n as_o it_o have_v be_v nor_o yet_o the_o work_n of_o supererogation_n can_v ever_o have_v be_v bring_v in_o to_o the_o great_a derogation_n of_o christ_n merit_n and_o of_o the_o price_n of_o his_o death_n and_o bloudsheddinge_a dydi._n they_o shall_v then_o from_o henceforth_o be_v no_o more_o call_v the_o work_n of_o supererogation_n but_o the_o work_n of_o derogation_n since_o that_o by_o they_o the_o benefitte_n of_o that_o mooste_o omnisufficient_a sacrifice_n that_o christ_n offer_v once_o for_o ever_o for_o the_o redemption_n of_o mankind_n be_v so_o blasphemouslye_o tread_v under_o foot_n and_o the_o vale_n we_o thereof_o in_o a_o manner_n altogether_o 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