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moses_n with_o the_o man_n and_o miriam_n the_o prophetess_n sister_n of_o aaron_n with_o the_o woman_n sing_v panegyry_n of_o praise_n to_o god_n with_o hymn_n and_o musical_a instrument_n the_o like_a do_v judith_n when_o she_o have_v vanquish_v holofernes_n so_o do_v deborah_n when_o sisera_n be_v discomfit_v augustine_n report_v of_o himself_o what_o comfort_n he_o conceive_v at_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o conversion_n what_o tear_n he_o shed_v and_o how_o he_o be_v inward_o move_v with_o the_o harmony_n and_o melody_n which_o be_v use_v in_o church_n yet_o think_v that_o holy_a father_n as_o he_o right_o think_v that_o he_o offend_v when_o he_o be_v delight_v more_o with_o the_o note_n and_o melody_n of_o the_o song_n than_o sense_n of_o the_o psalm_n and_o therefore_o high_o commend_v saint_n athanasius_n ibid._n who_o cause_v the_o reader_n of_o the_o psalm_n to_o sound_v out_o the_o word_n with_o so_o small_a a_o force_n of_o his_o voice_n as_o it_o seem_v rather_o like_v one_o 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he_o see_v none_o stand_v still_o but_o all_o either_o ascend_a or_o else_o descend_v by_o it_o ascend_v you_o likewise_o to_o the_o top_n of_o the_o ladder_n to_o heaven_n and_o there_o you_o shall_v hear_v one_o say_v my_o father_n do_v now_o work_v and_o i_o work_v also_o whereupon_o basil_n note_v that_o king_n david_n have_v first_o say_v lord_n who_o shall_v dwell_v in_o thy_o tabernacle_n add_v then_o not_o he_o that_o have_v wrought_v righteousness_n heretofore_o but_o he_o that_o do_v now_o work_v righteousness_n even_o as_o christ_n say_v my_o father_n do_v now_o work_v and_o i_o work_v also_o descend_v you_o likewise_o to_o the_o foot_n of_o the_o ladder_n to_o the_o earth_n and_o there_o you_o shall_v hear_v that_o figtree_n accurse_v which_o do_v bear_v leaf_n and_o no_o fruit_n 〈◊〉_d whereupon_o theophylact_v note_v that_o john_n baptist_n have_v first_o say_v the_o axe_n be_v lay_v to_o the_o root_n of_o the_o tree_n add_v then_o not_o every_o tree_n that_o have_v not_o 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attentive_a sit_v at_o jesus_n foot_n and_o hear_v his_o preach_n but_o martha_n be_v cumber_v about_o much_o serve_n the_o former_a sit_v at_o jesus_n foot_n 40._o hear_v he_o preach_v may_v signify_v likewise_o the_o spiritual_a man_n who_o action_n affection_n motion_n and_o intention_n be_v whole_o bend_v to_o the_o service_n of_o god_n leave_v all_o thing_n to_o gain_v he_o who_o leave_v his_o life_n upon_o the_o cross_n to_o save_v he_o the_o latter_a be_v cumber_v about_o many_o thing_n signify_v the_o natural_a man_n who_o betake_v himself_o to_o the_o employment_n of_o this_o life_n minister_a to_o the_o necessity_n of_o his_o family_n labour_v with_o his_o own_o hand_n to_o get_v he_o a_o competent_a live_n neither_o be_v these_o to_o be_v divide_v one_o from_o the_o other_o partake_v indeed_o so_o near_o one_o of_o another_o for_o as_o we_o be_v not_o altogether_o to_o imitate_v hermit_n or_o anchorite_n in_o be_v whole_o retire_v from_o the_o world_n so_o like_o the_o 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