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from_o we_o and_o when_o we_o flee_v from_o it_o it_o follow_v us._n and_o as_o salomâ—n_n say_v in_o the_o xviij_o of_o the_o proverb_n the_o heart_n be_v puff_v up_o against_o a_o fall_n and_o lowliness_n go_v afore_o glory_n not_o without_o great_a reason_n therefore_o be_v pride_n esteem_v the_o great_a of_o all_o vice_n and_o humility_n set_v foremost_a among_o all_o the_o virtue_n and_o as_o s._n austin_n say_v in_o his_o thirteen_o book_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n for_o as_o much_o as_o the_o gloriâ—ieng_n and_o exalt_v of_o a_o man_n self_n refuse_v to_o be_v subject_a unto_o god_n it_o fall_v away_o from_o he_o above_o who_o there_o be_v not_o any_o thing_n high_o but_o humility_n make_v a_o man_n subject_n to_o his_o superior_a now_o there_o be_v nothing_o high_a than_o god_n and_o therefore_o humility_n exalt_v man_n because_o it_o make_v they_o subject_a unto_o god_n and_o as_o s._n chrisostom_n say_v it_o be_v the_o mother_n the_o root_n and_o the_o good_a of_o all_o good_n the_o centurion_n be_v esteem_v worthy_a to_o receive_v the_o lord_n because_o he_o protest_v himself_o to_o be_v unworthy_a and_o s._n paâ—l_o who_o count_v not_o himself_o worthy_a the_o name_n of_o a_o apostle_n be_v the_o chief_a of_o all_o the_o apostle_n s._n john_n who_o think_v not_o himself_o worthy_a to_o untie_v the_o lord_n shoe_n lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o his_o head_n to_o baptise_v he_o and_o s._n peter_n who_o pray_v the_o lord_n to_o depart_v far_o from_o he_o uretched_a sinner_n be_v a_o foundation_n of_o the_o church_n for_o there_o be_v not_o a_o more_o acceptable_a thing_n unto_o god_n than_o to_o muster_v a_o man_n self_n among_o the_o great_a sinner_n hereby_o we_o see_v the_o profit_n that_o be_v get_v of_o the_o small_a esteem_v of_o a_o man_n self_n for_o the_o less_o a_o man_n esteem_v himself_o the_o more_o be_v he_o esteem_v first_o of_o god_n and_o second_o of_o man_n also_o we_o see_v that_o ordinary_o the_o lowly_a prince_n be_v love_v of_o every_o man_n and_o the_o proud_a be_v hate_v of_o all_o and_o therefore_o let_v such_o as_o have_v the_o government_n of_o young_a prince_n teach_v they_o chief_o among_o other_o thing_n to_o be_v lowly_a and_o courteous_a towards_o all_o man_n as_o know_v by_o experience_n that_o nothing_o win_v man_n heart_n so_o much_o as_o humility_n which_o kill_v vainglory_n insolency_n impatiency_n envy_n ambition_n and_o all_o manner_n of_o vice_n chap._n vii_o of_o fortitude_n valiancy_n prowess_n or_o hardiness_n and_o of_o fearfulness_n or_o cowardliness_n let_v we_o come_v to_o the_o three_o cardinal_a virtue_n which_o the_o learned_a call_v fortitude_n prowess_n or_o valiantness_n the_o which_o the_o poet_n hâ—mer_n say_v to_o be_v the_o only_a moral_a virtue_n that_o have_v as_o it_o be_v sally_n
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manner_n change_v according_a to_o the_o
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