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when_o we_o owe_v it_o but_o one_o measure_n of_o wheat_n take_v the_o bill_n and_o set_v down_o fifty_o if_o we_o will_v abate_v our_o superfluity_n in_o diet_n and_o apparel_n we_o may_v have_v enough_o for_o ourselves_o and_o something_o to_o spare_v for_o other_o after_o we_o have_v feed_v and_o clad_v our_o own_o body_n sufficient_o we_o may_v fill_v the_o belly_n and_o clothe_v the_o back_n of_o our_o poor_a brethren_n and_o so_o relieve_v christ_n our_o head_n by_o supply_v the_o want_n of_o our_o fellow-member_n yea_o by_o our_o sobriety_n and_o moderation_n in_o the_o use_n of_o these_o thing_n we_o shall_v keep_v both_o soul_n and_o body_n in_o good_a plight_n free_a from_o those_o distemper_n that_o natural_o flow_v from_o excess_n and_o luxury_n munditia_fw-la vestitûs_fw-la animae_fw-la immunditia_fw-la say_v hierome_n they_o who_o be_v all_o for_o a_o gay_a outside_n must_v needs_o be_v all_o foul_a and_o nast_a within_o for_o nimia_fw-la corporis_fw-la cura_fw-la 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farmer_n do_v nothing_o amiss_o unless_o he_o will_n homo_fw-la potest_fw-la peccare_fw-la sed_fw-la si_fw-la nolit_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la say_v the_o father_n man_n may_v sin_v but_o if_o he_o sin_v there_o can_v be_v no_o other_o reason_n give_v but_o his_o will._n for_o the_o will_n be_v of_o that_o power_n as_o to_o entitle_v i_o to_o sin_n though_o i_o break_v not_o forth_o into_o action_n and_o when_o i_o be_o force_v to_o the_o outward_a act_n to_o quit_v i_o from_o the_o guilt_n of_o sin_n to_o denominate_v i_o either_o evil_a or_o good_a when_o i_o do_v neither_o evil_a nor_o good_a and_o when_o my_o hand_n be_v shackle_a and_o bind_v lucrece_n be_v ravish_v by_o tarquin_n and_o yet_o be_v as_o chaste_a as_o before_o and_o the_o orator_n say_v well_o duo_o fuerunt_fw-la &_o adulterium_fw-la unus_fw-la admisit_fw-la there_o be_v two_o in_o the_o fact_n and_o but_o one_o commit_v adultery_n for_o natural_a reason_n do_v suggest_v this_o mentem_fw-la peccare_fw-la non_fw-la corpus_fw-la that_o it_o be_v the_o mind_n and_o will_n and_o not_o the_o body_n which_o sin_n and_o where_o there_o be_v a_o strong_a resolution_n not_o to_o offend_v there_o can_v be_v no_o offence_n at_o all_o for_o it_o be_v not_o in_o my_o power_n what_o to_o do_v or_o not_o to_o do_v but_o it_o be_v in_o my_o power_n to_o will_n or_o not_o to_o will_v to_o make_v choice_n or_o refuse_v and_o therefore_o there_o be_v no_o such_o danger_n in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o freewill_n as_o some_o have_v fancy_v to_o themselves_o and_o bring_v it_o in_o as_o a_o argument_n against_o it_o that_o it_o be_v dangerous_a for_o though_o my_o will_n be_v free_a my_o power_n be_v restrain_v and_o have_v bound_n set_v it_o thus_o far_o shall_v i_o go_v and_o no_o far_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v hierocles_n those_o thing_n which_o be_v before_o i_o i_o may_v choose_v but_o those_o i_o can_v which_o be_v out_o of_o my_o reach_n i_o may_v will_v the_o ruin_n of_o a_o kingdom_n when_o i_o be_o 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more_o than_o the_o scorpion_n of_o a_o deity_n and_o therefore_o we_o fly_v great_a sin_n and_o run_v into_o less_o prevail_v against_o the_o anakim_n and_o be_v beat_v with_o a_o grasshopper_n for_o though_o tentation_n make_v their_o entrance_n by_o please_v and_o flatter_v the_o sense_n and_o be_v admit_v be_v polish_v and_o decked-up_a with_o glory_n and_o so_o present_v to_o the_o noble_a faculty_n though_o this_o be_v their_o natural_a operation_n and_o common_a way_n of_o work_v yet_o they_o work_v different_o and_o unequal_o according_a to_o that_o variety_n which_o be_v observable_a in_o the_o temper_n and_o constitution_n of_o man_n and_o by_o outward_a circumstance_n of_o time_n and_o place_n or_o the_o like_a be_v either_o hinder_v or_o advance_v in_o their_o operation_n and_o this_o may_v suffice_v to_o discover_v the_o manner_n how_o tentation_n work_v upon_o the_o soul_n i_o shall_v now_o proceed_v and_o inquire_v when_o tentation_n prevail_v with_o we_o and_o 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