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pilgrimage_n wherein_o we_o be_v to_o make_v what_o speed_n we_o be_v able_a otherwhile_o it_o compare_v it_o to_o a_o warfare_n whereinto_o we_o enroll_v ourselves_o to_o die_v in_o fight_v against_o the_o enemy_n of_o christ_n jesus_n at_o other_o time_n it_o represent_v death_n unto_o we_o under_o the_o parable_n of_o a_o hireling_n who_o till_v the_o vinyard_n for_o the_o price_n of_o his_o day_n labour_n o_o christian_n when_o the_o evening_n shall_v come_v let_v not_o we_o imitate_v those_o indiscreet_a vigneron_n who_o complain_v that_o they_o have_v bear_v the_o burden_n of_o the_o day_n and_o endure_v the_o heat_n of_o the_o sun_n let_v we_o not_o presume_v that_o we_o have_v deserve_v a_o large_a recompense_n than_o they_o who_o have_v labour_v less_o time_n than_o we_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o master_n of_o the_o vinyard_n to_o distribute_v his_o wage_n as_o himself_o please_v at_o what_o ever_o hour_n he_o call_v we_o to_o his_o service_n let_v we_o labour_n as_o long_o as_o the_o day_n last_v our_o lord_n know_v well_o how_o to_o pay_v unto_o each_o one_o what_o appertain_v to_o he_o 20.12_o mat._n 20.12_o perhaps_o the_o last_o shall_v be_v first_o and_o the_o first_o last_o because_o there_o be_v many_o call_v and_o but_o few_o choose_v let_v we_o expect_v the_o hour_n of_o payment_n with_o patience_n and_o with_o humility_n that_o hour_n o_o christian_n be_v the_o hour_n of_o death_n for_o this_o death_n which_o we_o so_o much_o dread_n be_v the_o period_n of_o our_o pain_n and_o the_o time_n of_o our_o reward_n article_n xxxiii_o 3._o reflection_n of_o st._n gregory_n that_o they_o who_o have_v the_o world_n love_v some_o reason_n to_o fear_v the_o end_n of_o it_o but_o that_o they_o who_o serve_v christ_n jesus_n ought_v not_o to_o apprehend_v the_o destruction_n of_o the_o world_n on_o the_o contrary_a they_o ought_v to_o endure_v with_o patience_n war_n famine_n pestilence_n detraction_n persecution_n and_o the_o other_o scourge_v wherewith_o 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a_o occasion_n to_o exhort_v christian_n to_o be_v willing_a to_o go_v forth_o of_o this_o place_n which_o be_v so_o dangerous_a and_o to_o desire_v death_n as_o the_o sole_a remedy_n of_o all_o their_o evil_n there_o be_v no_o just_a man_n who_o do_v not_o acknowledge_v himself_o miserable_a during_o this_o life_n etc._n morol_fw-la l._n â—_o c._n 2.3_o etc._n etc._n and_o who_o consider_v it_o not_o as_o a_o painful_a and_o perilous_a pilgrimage_n he_o know_v that_o the_o dignity_n and_o the_o riches_n of_o the_o world_n be_v thing_n perishable_a but_o what_o ever_o experience_n he_o daily_o make_v of_o they_o they_o cease_v not_o to_o leave_v in_o his_o spirit_n the_o same_o impression_n which_o the_o sight_n of_o a_o delicious_a country_n leave_v in_o the_o spirit_n of_o a_o traveller_n he_o do_v not_o absolute_o prefer_v it_o before_o his_o native_a land_n but_o he_o be_v less_o impatient_a to_o get_v home_o to_o it_o what_o shall_v press_v we_o to_o leave_v life_n will_v some_o 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