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and_o experience_n how_o sweet_a and_o pleasant_a god_n be_v in_o this_o pious_a exercise_n and_o you_o will_v find_v by_o experience_n and_o in_o effect_n the_o truth_n of_o that_o sentence_n of_o the_o divine_a wisdom_n 8._o wisdom_n beatus_fw-la homo_fw-la qui_fw-la audit_n i_o qui_fw-la vigilat_fw-la ad_fw-la fores_fw-la meas_fw-la quotidie_fw-la &_o observat_fw-la ad_fw-la post_n ostii_fw-la mei_fw-la qui_fw-la i_o invenerit_fw-la inveniet_fw-la vitam_fw-la &_o hauriet_fw-la salutem_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la prov._n 8._o blessed_n be_v he_o who_o hear_v i_o and_o who_o watch_v often_o at_o my_o door_n and_o wait_v at_o my_o gate_n he_o who_o shall_v find_v i_o shall_v find_v life_n and_o receive_v salvation_n from_o the_o hand_n of_o our_o lord_n finis_fw-la
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can_v because_o they_o displease_v god_n and_o although_o although_o they_o destroy_v not_o love_n yet_o they_o diminish_v and_o weaken_v it_o and_o dispose_v you_o to_o fall_v into_o mortal_a sin._n three_o virtue_n 3._o labour_n to_o get_v virtue_n labour_n to_o acquire_v the_o virtue_n so_o necessary_a for_o you_o and_o which_o he_o exact_v from_o you_o it_o be_v the_o property_n of_o love_n to_o desire_v to_o please_v he_o who_o one_o love_n four_o god._n 4._o advance_v the_o service_n of_o god._n wish_v often_o that_o god_n shall_v be_v serve_v and_o love_v as_o he_o deserve_v be_v trouble_v when_o you_o see_v he_o offend_v hinder_v as_o much_o as_o you_o can_v that_o he_o may_v not_o be_v displease_v and_o endeavour_v by_o your_o word_n and_o example_n to_o move_v other_o to_o love_v he_o but_o chief_o theotime_o god._n 5._o begin_v betimes_o to_o love_v god._n practise_v these_o thing_n in_o good_a time_n and_o begin_v from_o your_o youth_n to_o love_v he_o who_o you_o must_v never_o cease_v to_o love_v at_o whatsoever_o time_n you_o begin_v to_o love_v he_o it_o will_v be_v always_o too_o late_o and_o you_o will_v always_o have_v reason_n to_o express_v that_o grief_n which_o s._n augustin_n do_v 27._o do_v sero_fw-la te_fw-la amavi_fw-la o_o pulchritudo_fw-la tam_fw-la antiqua_fw-la &_o tam_fw-la nova_fw-la sero_fw-la te_fw-la amavi_fw-la s._n aug._n conf._n lib._n 10._o cap._n 27._o i_o have_v love_v thou_o too_o late_o o_o ancient_a beauty_n i_o have_v love_v thou_o too_o late_o o_o eternal_a goodness_n demand_v of_o he_o frequent_o the_o grace_n to_o love_v he_o as_o you_o ought_v and_o daily_o say_v to_o he_o from_o your_o heart_n those_o excellent_a word_n of_o david_n 72._o david_n quid_fw-la enim_fw-la mihi_fw-la est_fw-la in_o coelo_fw-la &_o à _fw-la te_fw-la quid_fw-la volui_fw-la super_fw-la terram_fw-la deus_fw-la cordis_fw-la mei_fw-la &_o pars_fw-la mea_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la psal_n 72._o o_o god_n whether_o it_o be_v in_o 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which_o nature_n herself_o inspire_v you_o with_o &_o which_o god_n have_v so_o strict_o command_v you_o be_v not_o to_o have_v the_o fear_v of_o god._n there_o be_v no_o menace_n with_o which_o he_o have_v not_o threaten_v those_o child_n who_o be_v want_v to_o their_o duty_n 19_o duty_n qui_fw-la affligit_fw-la patrem_fw-la &_o sugit_fw-la matrem_fw-la ignominiosus_fw-la erit_fw-la &_o infoelix_fw-la prov._n 19_o he_o say_v that_o he_o who_o afflict_v his_o father_n and_o fly_v from_o the_o discreet_a admonition_n of_o his_o mother_n will_v become_v infamous_a and_o miserable_a 20._o miserable_a qui_fw-la maledicit_fw-la patri_fw-la &_o matri_fw-la extinguetur_fw-la lucerna_fw-la ejus_fw-la in_o mediis_fw-la tenebris_fw-la prov._n 20._o he_o who_o curse_v his_o father_n or_o mother_n shall_v perish_v his_o light_n that_o be_v his_o life_n shall_v be_v extinct_a in_o darkness_n that_o be_v death_n 36._o death_n oculum_fw-la qui_fw-la subsannat_fw-la patrem_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la 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