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he_o and_o take_v with_o he_o for_o the_o work_n of_o the_o righteous_a 13._o apoe_n 14._o 13._o follow_v they_o into_o heaven_n will_v quit_v i_o of_o the_o labour_n of_o particular_a enumeration_n at_o least_o for_o the_o present_a and_o as_o his_o modesty_n be_v singular_a in_o not_o court_v or_o reach_v at_o those_o preferment_n which_o divine_a providence_n cast_v upon_o he_o so_o be_v his_o piety_n and_o humility_n no_o less_o in_o not_o only_o not_o dote_v upon_o but_o indeed_o scarce_o own_v of_o that_o outward_a splendour_n and_o those_o rich_a accoutrement_n which_o be_v the_o appendix_n of_o those_o great_a place_n not_o antisthenes_n nor_o crates_n nor_o diogenes_n himself_o nay_o what_o shall_v i_o say_v nor_o their_o holy_a st._n francis_n as_o they_o depaint_v he_o be_v a_o great_a undervaluer_n and_o contemner_n of_o the_o world_n and_o worldly_a riches_n than_o be_v this_o good_a bishop_n yea_o and_o without_o their_o vanity_n or_o ostentation_n resemble_v in_o that_o 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book_n lut_fw-la aegre_fw-la reddituum_fw-la &_o administrationis_fw-la rationem_fw-la ab_fw-la oeconomis_fw-la repetivit_fw-la that_o he_o will_v scarce_o allow_v himself_o so_o much_o time_n from_o his_o affair_n ecclesiastical_a as_o to_o take_v a_o account_n of_o his_o affair_n economical_a how_o it_o fare_v with_o