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therefore_o here_o that_o man_n be_v alsoe_o undo_v and_o make_v like_o the_o devil_n because_o he_o will_v needs_o be_v like_o god_n and_o what_o may_v now_o be_v fit_a for_o the_o son_n of_o god_n to_o do_v find_v his_o eternal_a father_n to_o be_v so_o jealous_a and_o careful_a to_o maintain_v his_o own_o honour_n ecce_fw-la inquit_fw-la occasione_n mei_fw-la creaturas_fw-la svas_fw-la pater_fw-la amittit_fw-la i_o see_v say_v he_o that_o by_o my_o occasion_n my_o father_n lose_v his_o creature_n the_o angel_n will_v needs_o be_v as_o i_o be_o they_o overthrow_v themselves_o man_n will_v alsoe_o be_v so_o and_o he_o be_v also_o overthrow_v they_o all_o have_v envy_n at_o i_o and_o will_v fain_o be_v such_o as_o i_o be_o well_o then_o ecce_fw-la venio_fw-la &_o talem_fw-la eye_v exhibeo_fw-la me_fw-it ipsum_fw-la ut_fw-la quisquis_fw-la in_o videre_fw-la voluerit_fw-la quisquis_fw-la gestierit_fw-la imitari_fw-la fiat_fw-la ei_fw-la aemulatio_fw-la ista_fw-la in_o bonum_fw-la 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&_o humilis_fw-la cord_n ne_fw-la magnus_fw-la deus_fw-la sine_fw-la causa_fw-la factus_fw-la sit_fw-la homo_fw-la paruulus_fw-la since_o god_n be_v so_o great_a make_v himself_o little_a for_o we_o let_v we_o procure_v to_o humble_v ourselves_o and_o make_v ourselves_o also_o little_a that_o so_o it_o may_v not_o be_v to_o no_o purpose_n for_o we_o that_o the_o great_a god_n make_v himself_o so_o little_a as_o to_o become_v a_o child_n for_o us._n quia_fw-la nisi_fw-la efficiamini_fw-la sicut_fw-la paruulus_fw-la iste_fw-la non_fw-la intrabitis_fw-la inregnum_fw-la caelorum_fw-la because_o if_o you_o become_v not_o like_o this_o little_a child_n you_o shall_v not_o enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n of_o some_o humane_a consideration_n and_o reason_n whereby_o we_o be_v to_o help_v ourselves_o for_o be_v humble_a chapter_n xix_o from_o the_o very_a begin_n of_o this_o treatise_n we_o have_v be_v declare_v many_o consideration_n and_o reason_n which_o may_v help_v and_o 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tumour_n quod_fw-la autem_fw-la tumet_fw-la videtur_fw-la magnum_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la tamen_fw-la pride_n and_o estimation_n of_o the_o world_n be_v not_o greatness_n but_o swell_a and_o wind_n and_o as_o when_o any_o part_n be_v swell_v it_o seem_v but_o be_v not_o true_o great_a so_o proud_a man_n who_o be_v value_v and_o esteem_v by_o the_o world_n seem_v as_o if_o they_o be_v great_a but_o they_o be_v not_o so_o because_o that_o be_v not_o greatness_n but_o swell_v there_o be_v certain_a sickly_a man_n who_o sometime_o be_v think_v to_o be_v upon_o recovery_n because_o they_o seem_v to_o look_v fat_a and_o well_o but_o that_o fattnes_n be_v not_o sound_a and_o good_a but_o it_o be_v rather_o sickly_a and_o swell_v so_o say_v saint_n augustine_n be_v the_o applause_n and_o estimation_n of_o the_o world_n it_o may_v puff_n you_o up_o but_o it_o can_v make_v you_o great_a if_o then_o it_o be_v so_o that_o the_o opinion_n and_o estimation_n of_o the_o world_n be_v not_o 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or_o hinder_v they_o from_o remain_v entire_a in_o their_o poorness_n and_o baseness_n or_o from_o esteem_v themselves_o below_o all_o other_o but_o it_o rather_o help_v they_o on_o towards_o that_o end_n because_o they_o think_v they_o profit_v not_o thereby_o as_o they_o ought_v to_o have_v do_v so_o that_o which_o way_n soever_o we_o turn_v our_o eye_n whether_o we_o cast_v they_o inward_a upon_o what_o we_o have_v of_o ourselves_o or_o whether_o we_o cast_v they_o upward_o upon_o what_o we_o have_v receive_v of_o god_n we_o shall_v find_v occasion_n enough_o to_o be_v humble_v and_o to_o esteem_v ourselves_o below_o all_o saint_n gregory_n to_o this_o purpose_n ponder_v those_o word_n which_o david_n say_v to_o saul_n aâ—ter_v he_o may_v have_v kill_v he_o in_o the_o cave_n into_o which_o saul_n have_v enter_v and_o when_o dau_n do_v spare_v his_o life_n and_o let_v he_o go_v he_o yet_o go_v after_o say_v quem_fw-la persequeris_fw-la rex_fw-la israel_n quem_fw-la persequeris_fw-la 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