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ipse_fw-la aspectus_fw-la boni_fw-la viri_fw-la delectat_fw-la 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o 6._o apellant_fw-la se_fw-la fratres_fw-la &_o mori_fw-la volunt_fw-la prose_n inuicem_fw-la tertul_n apud_fw-la â—uel_n ser._n in_o luc._n 10._o 23._o 3._o why_o it_o be_v worth_a endure_v of_o affliction_n to_o enjoy_v the_o communion_n of_o saint_n 4._o 5._o 6._o the_o glorious_a title_n of_o the_o saint_n abulensis_n in_o exod._n 19_o quest_n answ_n 1._o wherein_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n with_o his_o people_n appear_v more_o than_o with_o other_o 2._o 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o universitate_fw-la decoris_fw-la 8._o 9_o tolerabili_fw-la we_o fuisse_fw-la si_fw-la sol_fw-la radios_fw-la suos_fw-la retraxisset_fw-la obscuratus_fw-la quam_fw-la quòd_fw-la â—s_a johamnis_n tacuit_fw-la t._n 5._o ep_n 3._o 10._o 11._o 12._o ecclesia_fw-la est_fw-la locus_fw-la angelorum_fw-la regius_fw-la coelâ—_n coelum_fw-la ipsum_fw-la chry._n hom._n 36_o in_o 1._o ad_fw-la cor._n use_v 1_o 3._o 4._o 5._o 6._o 7._o 8._o obj._n 1_o answ_n obj._n 2._o answ_n obj._n 3_o answ_n obj._n 4._o answ_n obj._n 5._o answ_n obj._n 6._o answ_n 1._o 2._o 3._o qui_fw-la contentionum_fw-la gratia_fw-la christinam_fw-la vituperabit_fw-la doctrivam_fw-la iste_fw-la etiam_fw-la socraticam_fw-la &_o platonicam_fw-la colem_fw-la nomine_fw-la rejicit_fw-la graecae_fw-la superstitiones_fw-la cultores_fw-la pluribus_fw-la dissentionibus_fw-la quam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la membra_fw-la laborare_fw-la use_v 2._o 1._o man_n dicato_fw-la pane_fw-la hic_fw-la vivamus_fw-la anon_o hoc_fw-la pulchrè_fw-la sarcitur_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la quòd_fw-la pascimur_fw-la pane_fw-la cum_fw-la angelis_n et_fw-la vita_fw-la aeterna_fw-la christo_fw-la &_o sacramentis_fw-la luth._o in_o ps_n 132._o 3._o how_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o saint_n communion_n be_v darken_v malo_fw-la miserandum_fw-la quam_fw-la erube_n secudum_fw-la tert._n de_fw-fr fuga_fw-la per_n 3._o episcopos_fw-la regnante_fw-la constantio_n exilio_fw-la addictos_fw-la domum_fw-la revocavit_fw-la eo_fw-la tantum_fw-la sine_fw-la ut_fw-la ipse_fw-la ob_fw-la mutuam_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la contentionem_fw-la bello_fw-la intestino_fw-la oppugnarent_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ad_fw-la pedes_fw-la prociderem_fw-la &_o flerem_fw-la quantum_fw-la possum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o veste_fw-la varietas_fw-la sit_fw-la scissura_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la religio_fw-la à _fw-la religando_fw-la jubeat_fw-la vita_fw-la persuadeat_fw-la liugua_fw-la athan_n exhort_v ad_fw-la monachos_fw-la nec_fw-la aliunde_fw-la noscibiles_fw-la quam_fw-la de_fw-la they_o endatione_fw-la prestinorun_v tertul._n ad_fw-la scapulam_fw-la quest._n answ_n quest_n answ_n what_o singleness_n of_o heart_n be_v 3._o 4._o 1._o 2._o ut_fw-la non_fw-la praestet_fw-la side_n quod_fw-la praestitit_fw-la infidelitas_fw-la 3._o 4._o 5._o 6._o quest_n answ_n 1._o wherein_o a_o christian_a outstrip_v the_o man_n of_o the_o world_n 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o 6._o 7._o 5._o 6._o what_o hinder_v our_o profit_v by_o the_o saint_n communion_n danger_n of_o solitariness_n 1._o 2._o 3._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o 6._o o_o praeclarum_fw-la diem_fw-la cúm_fw-la ad_fw-la illud_fw-la animorum_fw-la concili_fw-la they_o coetumque_fw-la proficiscar_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la ex_fw-la hac_fw-la turba_fw-la &_o colluvione_fw-la discedam_fw-la proficiscar_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la choose_fw-la solum_fw-la viros_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la ante_fw-la dixi_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la catonem_fw-la meum_fw-la etc._n etc._n cicero_n de_fw-fr senectute_fw-la doct._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o temporal_a thing_n can_v satisfy_v a_o spiritual_a heart_n 2._o 4._o 5_o 6._o 7._o no_o love_n can_v be_v satisfy_v when_o i_o love_v tanquam_fw-la osurus_fw-la 8._o 9_o use_v pecuniam_fw-la da_fw-la quae_fw-la permaneat_fw-la ac_fw-la continâ—ò_fw-la duret_fw-la gloriam_fw-la quae_fw-la semper_fw-la floreat_fw-la basil_n in_o 40._o martyr_n 2._o nulla_fw-la res_fw-la long_fw-mi mortalium_fw-la est_fw-la omnisque_fw-la foelicitas_fw-la seculi_fw-la dum_fw-la tenctur_n amittitur_fw-la hieron_n in_o isaiah_n 38._o inter_fw-la peritura_fw-la vivimus_fw-la cur_n come_v quae_fw-la ad_fw-la usum_fw-la diuturna_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la ad_fw-la supplicium_fw-la diuturna_fw-la deposces_fw-la ambrose_n in_o luc._n 4._o t._n 5._o abulenfis_n in_o 2._o regum_fw-la c._n 15._o q_o 20._o &_o in_o c._n 17._o q._n 21_o quoties_fw-la juxta_fw-la sepulchrum_fw-la divit_fw-la be_v transit_fw-la be_v rogo_fw-la vos_fw-la ut_fw-la diligenter_fw-la inspiciat_fw-la be_v ubi_fw-la sunt_fw-la eorum_fw-la divitiae_fw-la vel_fw-la ornamenta_fw-la ubi_fw-la gloria_fw-la ubi_fw-la luxuriae_fw-la ubi_fw-la voluptas_fw-la &_o c_o attend_v add_v i_o et_fw-la intellige_fw-la considera_fw-la i_o &_o well_fw-mi fic_z tibi_fw-la horreat_fw-la luxuria_fw-la tua_fw-la vel_fw-la araritia_fw-la tua_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la tu_fw-la es_fw-la ego_fw-la fui_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la modo_fw-la tu_fw-la eris_fw-la vide_fw-la pulveren_fw-mi meum_fw-la &_o relinque_fw-la defiderium_fw-la tuum_fw-la aug._n serm._n 66._o ad_fw-la fratres_fw-la in_o eremo_fw-la o_o dii_n quam_fw-la brevis_fw-la voluptatis_fw-la gratia_fw-la ex_fw-la rege_fw-la i_o feci_fw-la servum_fw-la qui_fw-fr aeternitaten_fw-mi ment_fw-la concepit_fw-la nul_fw-fr los_fw-es horret_fw-la exercitus_fw-la non_fw-la terretur_fw-la turba_fw-la null_a be_v ad_fw-la timorem_fw-la minis_fw-la agitur_fw-la sen._n ep_n 103._o hic_fw-la ure_n sc_fw-mi ca_fw-mi ibi_fw-la parce_fw-la 1._o motive_n to_o mind_n eternity_n hos_fw-la 14._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o 6._o 1._o 2._o de_fw-fr civ_o dei_fw-la lib._n 9_o c._n 10._o 3._o ut_fw-la ipsae_fw-la ibi_fw-la forent_fw-la semper_fw-la ubi_fw-la est_fw-la anima_fw-la mundi_fw-la aug._n the_o civ_o dei_fw-la l_o 9_o ca._n 10._o 4._o how_o to_o get_v eternal_a thing_n to_o be_v our_o portion_n quest_n 2._o 1._o 2._o 3._o aeternitati_fw-la pingo_fw-la 4._o quest_n answ_n prov._n 7._o 16_o gen._n 13._o 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o point_v 1_o 1._o 2._o 3._o ps_n 44._o 13._o psa_fw-la 31._o 1._o the_o reproach_n of_o professor_n the_o bitter_a jer._n 20._o 28._o publici_fw-la hostess_fw-la cyprianus_n co_n prianus_fw-la nondun_v foelix_fw-la es_fw-la si_fw-la nondum_fw-la te_fw-la turba_fw-la deriserit_fw-la si_fw-mi beatus_fw-la vis_fw-la esse_fw-la hoc_fw-la cogita_fw-la primum_fw-la contemnere_fw-la ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la contemni_fw-la sen._n lib._n de_fw-fr moribus_fw-la why_o god_n people_n be_v so_o reproach_v â—n_o the_o world_n 2._o 3._o 4._o euseb_n eccl_n hist_o l._n 4_o c._n 13._o 1._o malice_n be_v fruitful_a in_o invent_v reproach_n 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o 6._o neh._n 6._o 7._o 7._o 8._o judubiis_fw-la melior_fw-la est_fw-la conditio_fw-la possessoris_fw-la 9_o 10._o fortiter_fw-la calumniare_fw-la aliquid_fw-la haerebit_fw-la 5._o 6._o the_o sin_n of_o god_n people_n oft_o punish_v by_o reproach_n 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o si_fw-mi quid_fw-la simile_n aliis_fw-la tu_fw-la unquam_fw-la fecisti_fw-la si_fw-mi libenter_fw-la alios_fw-la talia_fw-la aicentes_n audisti_fw-la quod_fw-la absque_fw-la culpa_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la 5._o 6._o 7._o 8._o 2._o the_o benefit_n god_n people_n reap_v by_o reproach_n 3._o 4._o use_v 1_o ut_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la horreret_fw-la servitutem_fw-la horreret_fw-la saltem_fw-la ignominiam_fw-la publicam_fw-la ut_fw-la multos_fw-la habeat_fw-la inspectores_fw-la &_o testes_fw-la use_v 2._o the_o evii_fw-la of_o a_o revile_v tongue_n use_v 3_o use_v 4._o how_o to_o carry_v ourselves_o under_o reproach_n 1._o 2._o 3._o the_o evil_a of_o be_v passionate_a under_o reproach_n 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o qui_fw-la vocem_fw-la nisi_fw-la querelas_fw-la animi_fw-la nauseantis_fw-la sen._n 5._o 4._o innocency_n seek_v not_o revenge_n the_o danger_n of_o revile_v again_o i._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o 6._o neque_fw-la prudentiae_fw-la quicquam_fw-la in_o se_fw-la esse_fw-la nec_fw-la fiduciae_fw-la obstendit_fw-la qui_fw-la contumclia_fw-la afficitur_fw-la sen._n in_o sap._n non_fw-la cad_z injur_fw-fr 7._o quest_n answ_n nolim_fw-la teâ—un_n in_o hoc_fw-la genus_fw-la certamiais_fw-fr descendere_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la qi_fw-la vincitur_fw-la ipso_fw-la victore_fw-la est_fw-la mely_a 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epict._n enchirid._n c._n 27._o 1._o derident_fw-la te_fw-la at_o ego_fw-la non_fw-la dtridcor_fw-la sapiens_fw-la à _fw-la nullo_n connemnituditem_fw-la suamnovit_fw-la sen._n in_o sap._n non_fw-la cad_z injur_fw-fr the_o evil_a of_o much_o stir_v when_o reproach_n be_v upon_o we_o 1._o 2._o 3._o est_fw-la enim_fw-la satanae_n pectus_fw-la faecundissimun_fw-la mendaciis_fw-la luth._o 4._o 5._o plutarch_n in_o vita_fw-la peric_n object_n answ_n convitia_fw-la si_fw-la trascare_fw-la agnita_fw-la videntur_fw-la spreta_fw-la exlescunt_fw-la tacitus_n lib_n 4._o qui_fw-la cito_fw-la injuria_fw-la movetur_fw-la fecit_fw-la se_fw-la digâ—un_fw-la videri_fw-la contumelia_fw-la sum_fw-la vult_fw-la ca_fw-mi indignus_fw-la probari_fw-la melior_fw-la est_fw-la itaque_fw-la qui_fw-la contemnit_fw-la injuriam_fw-la quam_fw-la qui_fw-la dolet_fw-la ambros_n de_fw-fr offic_n l_o 1._o c._n 6._o psal_n 51._o 4._o nec_fw-la prudentiae_fw-la quicquam_fw-la in_o se_fw-la esse_fw-la nec_fw-la fiduciae_fw-la ostendit_fw-la qui_fw-la contumelia_fw-la afficitur_fw-la sen._n in_o sap_n non_fw-la cad_z injur_fw-fr 1._o obj._n 1_o answ_n obj._n 2._o answ_n jer._n 38._o 15_o obj._n 3_o answ_n why_o reproach_n shall_v be_v bear_v patient_o 1._o sapiens_fw-la à _fw-la nullo_n concemnitur_fw-la magnitudinem_fw-la svam_fw-la novit_fw-la omnes_fw-la bas_fw-fr quas_fw-la non_fw-la miscrias_fw-la sed_fw-la molestias_fw-la dixerim_fw-la non_fw-la vincet_fw-la sed_fw-la ne_fw-la sentit_fw-la quidem_fw-la sen_n in_o sap_n non_fw-fr cad_z injur_fw-fr c._n
quia_fw-la ergo_fw-la illa_fw-la viso_fw-la excludit_fw-la omnem_fw-la defectum_fw-la tum_fw-la erroris_fw-la tum_fw-la considerationis_fw-la circa_fw-la res_fw-la agend_n as_o ideo_fw-la facit_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la impeccabilem_fw-la suarez_n de_fw-fr bear_n disp_n 10._o sect._n 1_o n._n 6._o 6._o visio_fw-la est_fw-la delectabilis_fw-la dupliciter_fw-la uno_fw-la modo_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la objecti_fw-la in_o quantum_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la videtur_fw-la delectabile_fw-la est_fw-la alio_fw-la modo_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la visionis_fw-la in_o quantum_fw-la ipsum_fw-la videre_fw-la delectabile_fw-la est_fw-la delectamur_fw-la enim_fw-la cognosendo_fw-la mala_fw-la quam_fw-la vis_fw-la ipsamala_fw-mi nos_fw-la non_fw-la delect_a ent_a quia_fw-la ergo_fw-la visio_fw-la beati_fw-la fica_fw-la est_fw-la perfectissima_fw-la ideò_fw-la utroque_fw-la modo_fw-la delectabilis_fw-la est_fw-la tom._n aquin._n 3._o 1._o 2._o 3._o 1._o 2._o 2._o impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la deum_fw-la uniri_fw-la speciali_fw-la modo_fw-la substantiae_fw-la animae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la nullo_n interveniente_fw-la domo_fw-la vel_fw-la effectu_fw-la ereate_v quem_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o anim_fw-la â_fw-la efficiat_a ratione_fw-la cujus_fw-la dicitur_fw-la specialitèr_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o illà _fw-fr essentiâ_fw-la divinitatis_fw-la intimè_fw-la est_fw-la in_o essentiâ_fw-la animae_fw-la vi_fw-la immensitatis_fw-la now_o this_o presence_n of_o god_n can_v be_v great_a or_o less_o say_v so_o lum_n ratione_fw-la alicujus_fw-la novi_fw-la effectus_fw-la suar._n tract_n de_fw-fr beat_v sect_n 1._o 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 4._o impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la sensum_fw-la corporeum_fw-la elevari_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la prout_fw-la in_o se_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la comprehenditur_fw-la deus_fw-la sub_fw-la objecto_fw-la ejus_fw-la hâc_fw-la enim_fw-la ratione_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la visus_fw-la elevari_fw-la ad_fw-la percipiendum_fw-la sonum_fw-la nec_fw-la auditus_fw-la ad_fw-la percipiendun_v colorem_fw-la &_o fic_z de_fw-mi aliis_fw-la potentiis_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la multum_fw-la differt_fw-la intellectus_fw-la à _fw-la sensu_fw-la nam_fw-la intellectus_fw-la absolutè_fw-la continet_fw-la deum_fw-la sub_fw-la objecto_fw-la svo_fw-la &_o ideò_fw-la elevare_fw-la potest_fw-la ad_fw-la percipiendum_fw-la illum_fw-la perfectius_fw-la quam_fw-la naturalitèr_fw-la posset_n quia_fw-la tota_fw-la illa_fw-la elevatio_fw-la est_fw-la intra_fw-la latitudinem_fw-la objecti_fw-la intellectus_fw-la suarez_n de_fw-fr beat._n disp_n 6._o sect._n 3_o 3._o 4._o 5._o 1._o 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o 6._o 2._o 4._o 5._o 3._o 4._o 5._o 5._o 2._o amor_fw-la amicitiae_fw-la amor_fw-la bene_fw-la volentiae_fw-la 3._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 4._o 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o 1._o 2._o videbit_fw-la deum_fw-la ad_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la habebit_fw-la ad_fw-la voluptatem_fw-la fruetur_fw-la ad_fw-la jucunditatem_fw-la ber._n serm._n de_fw-fr tripl_n gen._n bon._n 3._o 4._o 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d domine_fw-la fecisti_fw-la nos_fw-la pro_fw-la te_fw-la &_o inquietum_fw-la est_fw-la cor_fw-la nostrum_fw-la donec_fw-la veniat_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la august_n 7._o the_o discovery_n of_o our_o love_n to_o god_n spiritual_a extasic_a how_o discern_v the_o great_a mistake_n of_o heaven_n &_o whence_o it_o arise_v 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o john_n 17._o rev._n 14._o 4._o 6._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o justi_fw-la diligunt_fw-la deum_fw-la plusquam_fw-la seipsos_fw-la &_o anvicem_fw-la tanquam_fw-la seipsos_fw-la &_o deus_fw-la illos_fw-la plusquam_fw-la illi_fw-la seipsos_fw-la quia_fw-la illi_fw-la illum_fw-la &_o see_v &_o inuicem_fw-la per_fw-la illum_fw-la &_o ille_fw-la se_fw-la &_o illos_fw-la per_fw-la seipsum_fw-la anselm_n in_o prosol_n c._n 25._o 7._o 7._o 1._o psa_fw-la 145._o 6_o 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o 6._o o_o gaudium_fw-la super_fw-la gaudium_fw-la gaudium_fw-la vincens_fw-la omne_fw-la gaudium_fw-la extra_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la gaudium_fw-la aug._n sol_fw-it c_o 35._o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o saint_n joy_n in_o heaven_n 1._o usque_fw-la adcò_fw-la nulia_fw-la cst_o sincera_fw-la volupts_n sclicitumque_fw-la aliquid_fw-la lae_fw-la this_fw-mi interve_fw-la ait_fw-la 2._o 3._o non_fw-la gustabunt_fw-la sed_fw-la satiabuntur_fw-la &_o implebuntur_fw-la 4._o 1._o 2._o 3._o si_fw-mi delectatio_fw-la sit_fw-la vltimus_fw-la finis_fw-la tum_fw-la actus_fw-la aliquis_fw-la elicitus_fw-la voluntat_fw-la be_v potest_fw-la esse_fw-la vltimus_fw-la finis_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la nam_fw-la objectum_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la est_fw-la finis_fw-la sicut_fw-la objectum_fw-la visus_fw-la est_fw-la colour_n it_o a_o ut_fw-mi impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la quòd_fw-la primum_fw-la visibile_fw-la fit_a ipsum_fw-la videre_fw-la quia_fw-la omne_fw-la videre_fw-la est_fw-la alicujus_fw-la objecta_fw-la visibilis_fw-la ita_fw-la impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la quòd_fw-la primum_fw-la appetibile_fw-la quoâ—_n est_fw-la finis_fw-la sit_fw-la ipsum_fw-la vellâ—_n tho._n 1._o 2._o q._n 1._o art_n 1._o ad_fw-la secund_a apprehensio_fw-la sensitiva_fw-la non_fw-la attingit_fw-la ad_fw-la communem_fw-la rationem_fw-la bovi_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquod_fw-la bonum_fw-la particular_a quod_fw-la est_fw-la delectabile_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la secundum_fw-la appetitum_fw-la sensitivum_fw-la operationes_fw-la sunt_fw-la propter_fw-la delectationem_fw-la sed_fw-la intellectus_fw-la apprehendit_fw-la universalem_fw-la rationem_fw-la boni_fw-la ad_fw-la cujus_fw-la consecutionem_fw-la sequitur_fw-la delectatio_fw-la unde_fw-la principaliùs_fw-la intendit_fw-la bonum_fw-la quam_fw-la delectationem_fw-la thom._n 1._o 2._o q._n 4._o art_n ad_fw-la 2._o second_o 5._o 6._o 7._o 8._o 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 10._o italiam_fw-la italiam_fw-la primus_fw-la conclamat_fw-la achates_n italiam_fw-la socii_fw-la laeto_fw-la clamoro_fw-la salutant_fw-la 11._o semper_fw-la erunt_fw-la quòd_fw-la sunt_fw-la aternae_fw-la gaudia_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la gaudenti_fw-la quoniam_fw-la causa_fw-la erit_fw-la ipse_fw-la deus_fw-la prosper_v in_o epigram_n 1._o mala_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la presentis_fw-la tanto_fw-la duriùs_fw-la animus_n sentit_fw-la quanto_fw-la pensare_fw-la bonum_fw-la quod_fw-la sequitur_fw-la negligit_fw-la greg_n moral_a l._n 10._o c._n 1â—_n 2._o non_fw-la sunt_fw-la condignae_fw-la passiones_fw-la ad_fw-la praeteritam_fw-la culpam_fw-la quae_fw-la remittitur_fw-la ad_fw-la presentis_fw-la consolation_n be_v gratiam_fw-la quae_fw-la immititur_fw-la ad_fw-la futuram_fw-la gloriam_fw-la quae_fw-la promittitur_fw-la bern._n pericula_fw-la non_fw-la respicit_fw-la martyr_n corona_n respicit_fw-la plagas_fw-la non_fw-la horret_fw-la praemium_fw-la numerat_fw-la non_fw-la videt_fw-la lictores_fw-la inferuè_fw-fr dagellante_n sed_fw-la angelos_n superne_fw-la acclamantes_fw-la bas_n hom._n de_fw-fr barluam_fw-la martyr_n 4._o 5._o hic_fw-la sit_v lucis_fw-la clap_v his_o hand_n upon_o his_o breast_n 6._o 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 9_o 10._o 3._o 1._o 2._o noli_fw-la attendere_fw-la quam_fw-la poenam_fw-la habeas_fw-la in_o flagello_fw-la sed_fw-la quem_fw-la locam_fw-la in_o testamento_fw-la august_n in_o ps_n 102._o nec_fw-la illa_fw-la nos_fw-la insurgentis_fw-la pelagi_fw-la debet_fw-la terrere_fw-la tempestas_fw-la cum_fw-la ventura_fw-la nostra_fw-la sit_fw-la nunquam_fw-la finienda_fw-la tranquillitas_fw-la hiero_n ad_fw-la virg._n in_o exilium_fw-la missam_fw-la non_fw-la per_fw-la istas_fw-la transire_fw-la angustias_fw-la noluit_fw-la deus_fw-la hominem_fw-la ad_fw-la immortalem_fw-la illam_fw-la beatitudinem_fw-la delicato_fw-la itinere_fw-la pervenire_fw-la lactant._n de_fw-fr officio_fw-la dei_fw-la c._n 19_o use_v 2._o vale_fw-la lumen_fw-la amicum_fw-la non_fw-la tanti_fw-la emam_fw-la poenitere_fw-la use_v 3_o the_o good_a of_o all_o thing_n here_o consist_v in_o subordination_n to_o the_o supreme_a good_a hercister_n use_v 4._o 1._o a_o gracious_a heart_n follow_v christ_n for_o christ_n natural_a conscience_n a_o spur_n to_o duty_n 1._o 2._o 3._o 2._o 3._o use_v 5._o 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o 6._o 1_o cor._n 2._o 10._o object_n ans_fw-fr object_n ans_fw-fr 7._o 8._o 1._o 2._o 3._o what_o love_n be_v due_a to_o christ_n 3._o how_o we_o shall_v love_v the_o way_n of_o godliness_n 9_o quest_n ans_fw-fr 1._o 2._o 3._o phil._n 3._o ulâ—_n fox_n act_n and_o monument_n de_fw-fr edvardo_fw-la primo_fw-la 4._o 5._o 6._o how_o to_o discern_v the_o truth_n of_o our_o hope_n for_o heaven_n 1._o 1._o 2._o 7._o 8._o quest._n answ_n what_o a_o supernatural_a work_n be_v 2._o 3._o 10._o 1._o 2._o 1_o thess_n 2._o 11_o 12._o cogita_fw-la te_fw-la caesarum_fw-la esse_fw-la quo_fw-la tendat_fw-la non_fw-la quid_fw-la passura_fw-la sit_fw-la cogitat_fw-la sen._n de_fw-fr gubeanat_fw-la mundi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o 6._o use_v 11._o 12._o fugiendun_v est_fw-la ad_fw-la clarissimam_fw-la patriam_fw-la ibi_fw-la pater_fw-la ibi_fw-la omne_fw-la plotinus_n apud_fw-la august_n lib._n de_fw-fr civit._fw-la 9_o c._n 16._o god_n people_n be_v satisfy_v with_o no_o worldly_a good_a for_o their_o portion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nec_fw-la christus_fw-la nec_fw-la coelum_fw-la patitur_fw-la hyperbolem_fw-la res_fw-la secundae_fw-la non_fw-la licet_fw-la in_o bello_fw-la he_o peccare_fw-la quest_n ans_fw-fr i._o 2._o 3._o 1_o cor._n 9_o 26_o 27._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 4._o 5._o 6._o