and_o honey_n that_o flow_v in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n when_o job_n be_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o misery_n what_o make_v he_o patient_a but_o his_o belief_n that_o his_o redeemer_n live_v and_o that_o he_o shall_v rise_v again_o etc._n etc._n 19.25.26_o job._n 19.25.26_o for_o when_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o soul_n apprehend_v the_o crown_n of_o glory_n it_o make_v the_o tongue_n confess_v with_o s._n paul_n that_o the_o tribulation_n of_o this_o world_n be_v not_o worthy_a of_o the_o glory_n that_o shall_v be_v reveal_v 8.18_o rom._n 8.18_o the_o least_o drop_n of_o that_o water_n of_o life_n sweeten_v the_o great_a draught_n of_o misery_n that_o be_v here_o propose_v unto_o we_o in_o this_o life_n for_o god_n saint_n know_v that_o here_o they_o may_v last_o misery_n but_o there_o they_o shall_v not_o for_o the_o momentary_a lightness_n of_o tribulation_n procure_v a_o eternal_a weight_n of_o glory_n for_o we_o thus_o for_o lightness_n be_v we_o reward_v with_o weight_n and_o 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perfect_o our_o heart_n love_v he_o entire_o and_o our_o tongue_n praise_v he_o eternal_o because_o we_o shall_v ever_o see_v he_o therefore_o we_o shall_v perfect_o know_v he_o because_o we_o shall_v perfect_o know_v he_o therefore_o we_o shall_v entire_o love_v he_o because_o we_o shall_v entire_o love_v he_o therefore_o we_o shall_v eternal_o praise_v he_o the_o sight_n of_o our_o eye_n shall_v give_v light_n to_o our_o understanding_n our_o understanding_n enlighten_v shall_v inflame_v our_o heart_n our_o heart_n inflame_v shall_v inform_v our_o tongue_n to_o praise_v that_o god_n who_o we_o see_v and_o know_v to_o be_v so_o admirable_a praise_v he_o then_o we_o shall_v because_o we_o love_v he_o love_v he_o we_o shall_v because_o we_o know_v he_o know_v he_o we_o shall_v because_o we_o see_v he_o thus_o shall_v we_o see_v he_o that_o we_o may_v know_v he_o know_v he_o that_o we_o may_v love_v he_o love_v he_o that_o we_o may_v praise_v he_o happy_a eye_n that_o so_o shall_v see_v he_o happy_a understanding_n that_o so_o shall_v know_v he_o happy_a heart_n that_o so_o shall_v love_v he_o and_o happy_a tongue_n that_o so_o shall_v praise_v he_o and_o happy_a nay_o bless_a shall_v we_o be_v when_o our_o eye_n soul_n heart_n and_o tongue_n shall_v so_o know_v love_n and_o praise_v he_o for_o ever_o here_o be_v the_o reward_n of_o affliction_n and_o the_o end_n of_o trouble_n behold_v joy_n in_o the_o end_n without_o end_n reward_v exceed_v man_n desire_n or_o hope_n of_o reward_n shall_v we_o not_o then_o follow_v the_o apostle_n admonition_n to_o be_v partaker_n of_o this_o crown_n even_o to_o let_v patience_n have_v her_o perfect_a work_n that_o you_o may_v be_v perfect_a and_o entire_a want_v nothing_o the_o father_n of_o patience_n and_o the_o god_n of_o perfection_n who_o work_v all_o thing_n in_o time_n and_o measure_n grant_v we_o patience_n from_o above_o that_o look_v to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o race_n and_o the_o crown_n at_o the_o end_n we_o may_v let_v 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o printer_n to_o the_o reader_n gentle_a reader_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o author_n absence_n and_o the_o multiplicity_n of_o authority_n by_o he_o cite_v and_o the_o smallness_n of_o the_o volume_n not_o afford_v convenient_a place_n in_o the_o margin_n i_o have_v presume_v to_o put_v they_o here_o in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o book_n by_o themselves_o refer_v thou_o to_o the_o page_n and_o line_n as_o follow_v page_n 1._o line_n ult._n bella_fw-la gentium_fw-la legimus_fw-la superasse_fw-la quamplurimos_fw-la quos_fw-la tamen_fw-la legimus_fw-la pugnas_fw-la carnis_fw-la non_fw-la vicisse_fw-la &_o audivimus_fw-la eos_fw-la dedisse_fw-la delitijs_fw-la pectora_fw-la qui_fw-la dorsa_fw-la hostibus_fw-la non_fw-la dedere_fw-la petr._n rawen_o ser._n 4._o pag._n 2._o line_n 22._o magnum_fw-la regit_fw-la imperium_fw-la quisibi_fw-la dominatur_fw-la sen._n pag._n 3._o line_n 9_o sicut_fw-la laurus_fw-la fulmine_fw-la non_fw-la percutitur_fw-la plin_n lib._n 2._o c._n 55._o ita_fw-la firma_fw-la virtus_fw-la calamitate_fw-la non_fw-la euertitur_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la constans_fw-la virtus_fw-la pulchra_fw-la laurus_fw-la semper_fw-la virens_fw-la nullo_n igne_fw-la nubes_fw-la erumpente_fw-la nullo_n impetu_fw-la tormentorum_fw-la exusta_fw-la aut_fw-la labesacta_fw-la stell_n in_o enarr_n in_o lu._n c._n 21._o pag._n 6._o line_n 16._o si_fw-mi sapientia_fw-la etc._n etc._n plat._n ibid_fw-la line_n 25._o oculi_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o amore_fw-la deuce_n propert._n pag._n 8._o line_n 2._o patientia_fw-la est_fw-la religiosi_fw-la viri_fw-la laborum_fw-la &_o dolorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la futurarum_fw-la rerum_fw-la spe_fw-la mercedis_fw-la aternae_fw-la &_o amore_fw-la dei_fw-la grata_fw-la tolerantia_fw-la aug._n &_o in_o flor._n bar._n in_o tit_n pat._n ibid._n lin_v 7._o patientia_fw-la est_fw-la aliena_fw-la mala_fw-la aequanimiter_fw-la perpeti_fw-la &_o contra_fw-la illum_fw-la qui_fw-la mala_fw-la irrogat_fw-la nullo_n dolore_fw-la moveri_fw-la greg_n super_fw-la euang._n hom._n 35._o ibid._n line_n 11._o patientia_fw-la est_fw-la virtus_fw-la quâ_fw-la quis_fw-la pro_fw-la pielate_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la deo_fw-la quicquia_fw-la accidit_fw-la adversifert_fw-la constanti_fw-la animo_fw-la nec_fw-la frangitur_fw-la fevardent_a in_o ep._n jac._n cap._n 1._o ibid._n line_n 25._o institut_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 7._o pag._n 9_o line_n 24._o tristitia_fw-la vestra_fw-la vertetur_fw-la in_o gaudium_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la aqua_fw-la vestra_fw-la vertetur_fw-la in_o vinum_fw-la ber._n s._n de_fw-fr v._o apost_n non_fw-fr est_fw-fr regnum_fw-la dei_fw-la esus_fw-la &_o potus_fw-la &c._n &c._n pag._n 10._o line_n 14._o vultus_fw-la illi_fw-la tranquillus_fw-la &_o placidus_fw-la frons_fw-la pura_fw-la nuâ—a_fw-la maeroris_fw-la aut_fw-la irae_fw-la rugositate_fw-la contracta_fw-la remissa_fw-la aequè_fw-la in_o laetâ—m_fw-la super_fw-la cilia_fw-la oculis_fw-la humilitate_fw-la non_fw-la infaelicitate_fw-la dejectis_fw-la â—s_a taciturnitatis_fw-la honore_fw-la signatum_fw-la color_n qualis_fw-la securis_fw-la &_o innoxijs_fw-la motus_fw-la frequens_fw-la capitis_fw-la in_o diabolum_fw-la &_o minnax_fw-la risus_fw-la caeterum_fw-la amictus_fw-la circum_fw-la pectorà _fw-la candidus_fw-la &_o corpore_fw-la impressus_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la nec_fw-la inâ—laâ—â—â—_n nec_fw-la inquietatur_fw-la sedet_fw-la in_o throno_fw-la spiritus_fw-la mitissimi_fw-la nam_fw-la ubi_fw-la deusibi_n alumna_fw-la eius_fw-la patientia_fw-la tert_n lib._n de_fw-fr pat._n in_o fine_a pag._n 11._o line_n 14._o ecce_fw-la modesta_fw-la gravi_fw-la stabat_fw-la patientia_fw-la vultu_fw-la per_fw-la medias_fw-la immota_fw-la acies_fw-la variosque_fw-la tumultus_fw-la vulneraque_fw-la &_o rigidis_fw-la vitalia_fw-la peruia_fw-la pilis_fw-la spectabat_fw-la defixa_fw-la oculos_fw-la &_o lenta_fw-la manebat_fw-la prudent_a in_o psychom_n pag._n 12._o line_n 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d auream_fw-la quisquis_fw-la mediocritatem_fw-la diligit_fw-la horat._n lib._n 2._o odd_a 10._o pag._n 14._o line_n 4._o tert._n de_fw-fr pat_o cyprianus_n instar_fw-la fontis_fw-la purissimi_fw-la dulcis_fw-la incedit_fw-la et_fw-la placidus_fw-la hie._n ep_v ad_fw-la paul_n lor._n in_o eccles_n vide_fw-la etsam_fw-la fevard_n in_o c._n 1_o ep_v jac._n uti_fw-la ex_fw-la cipr._n 26._o patientiae_fw-la effectus_fw-la enumerat_fw-la pag._n 15._o line_n 2._o nescio_fw-la quid_fw-la magis_fw-la in_o laude_n tua_fw-la dicam_fw-la etc._n etc._n hug._n de_fw-fr laud._n char._n ibid._n line_n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id_fw-la est_fw-la duret_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sicut_fw-la dicitur_fw-la mat._n 10.22_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pisc_n in_o schol_a in_o loc_n tunc_fw-la erit_fw-la perfectum_fw-la opus_fw-la patientiae_fw-la si_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la perseveraurit_fw-la hier._n in_o c._n 2._o ep_n ad._n rom._n ibid._n line_n 23._o lauda_fw-la navigantis_n faelicitatem_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la venerit_fw-la ad_fw-la portum_fw-la berinthia_n de_fw-la passi_fw-la domini_fw-la c._n 14._o pag._n 16._o line_n 9_o stell_n in_o luc._n ibid._n line_n 21._o exitus_fw-la acta_fw-la probat_fw-la ovid._n in_o ep._n virtus_fw-la boni_fw-la operti_fw-la perseverantia_fw-la est_fw-la aug_n med._n c._n 36._o pag._n 17._o line_n 7._o vtin_fw-fr terra_fw-la aurum_fw-la in_fw-la nuce_fw-la nucleus_fw-la in_fw-la hirsutis_fw-la castanea_n operculis_fw-la sita_fw-la divinus_fw-la sensus_fw-la altius_fw-la est_fw-la persâ—rutandus_fw-la hier._n in_o eccles_n c._n 12._o ibid._n line_n 10._o per_fw-la mosen_n cauda_fw-la bestiae_fw-la in_o altari_fw-la offer_n precipitur_fw-la ut_fw-la viz_o omne_fw-la bonuâ—_n quod_fw-la incipimus_fw-la etiam_fw-la perseverante_fw-la sine_fw-la compleamus_fw-la greg._n mor._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 4._o ibid._n line_n 23._o perseverantia_fw-la viris_fw-la meretur_fw-la gloriam_fw-la virtuti_fw-la coronam_fw-la absque_fw-la perseverantia_fw-la nec_fw-la qui_fw-la pugnat_fw-la victoriam_fw-la nec_fw-la palmam_fw-la victor_n consequitur_fw-la nutrix_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la meritum_fw-la mediatrix_fw-la ad_fw-la praemium_fw-la soror_fw-la patientiae_fw-la constantiae_fw-la filia_fw-la amica_fw-la pacis_fw-la amicitiarus_n nodum_fw-la vnanimitatis_fw-la vinculum_fw-la sanctitatis_fw-la propugnaculum_fw-la saul_n non_fw-la perseverans_fw-la in_o humilitate_fw-la &_o regnum_fw-la amisit_fw-la &_o vitam_fw-la si_fw-la cautela_fw-la samsonis_n salomonis_n denotie_a perseverantian_n retinuisset_fw-la nec_fw-la hâ—c_fw-la sapiâ—ntia_fw-la privaretur_fw-la necille_fw-la viribus_fw-la berinthia_n ep._n 129._o pag._n 29._o line_n 4._o finis_fw-la nonpugna_fw-la coronat_fw-la ber._n the_o
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that_o patience_n have_v her_o perfect_a work_n we_o may_v be_v perfect_a etc._n etc._n sometime_o god_n correct_v and_o scourge_v man_n for_o sin_n and_o to_o bring_v he_o from_o sin_n for_o such_o and_o so_o great_a be_v god_n care_n over_o his_o saint_n that_o if_o he_o see_v any_o wickedness_n in_o they_o straightway_o he_o punish_v their_o offence_n with_o a_o rod_n and_o their_o sin_n with_o scourge_n which_o be_v promise_v as_o a_o great_a blessing_n unto_o david_n the_o ancient_a heathen_n see_v the_o servant_n of_o god_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n sore_o chastise_v under_o perfidious_a tyrant_n begin_v to_o think_v that_o the_o god_n who_o they_o serve_v be_v not_o the_o true_a god_n because_o speedy_o he_o do_v not_o deliver_v they_o from_o the_o hand_n of_o persecute_v tyrant_n thus_o the_o natural_a man_n can_v discern_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v of_o god_n because_o he_o look_v upon_o they_o through_o the_o glass_n of_o his_o own_o conceit_n measure_v the_o misery_n 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