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approbation_n i_o do_v moreover_o declare_v that_o by_o the_o title_n of_o saint_n which_o upon_o occasion_n i_o have_v give_v she_o or_o any_o other_o person_n who_o virtue_n i_o have_v relate_v i_o intend_v only_o to_o signify_v thereby_o that_o they_o be_v endow_v with_o a_o more_o than_o ordinary_a virtue_n and_o design_v the_o word_n shall_v be_v take_v in_o no_o other_o sense_n than_o what_o st._n paul_n mean_v it_o when_o he_o apply_v it_o to_o the_o more_o virtuous_a among_o the_o primitive_a christian_n and_o have_v no_o intention_n to_o rank_n they_o among_o beatify_v or_o canonize_v saint_n which_o power_n only_o appertain_v to_o the_o holy_a see_n apostolic_a have_v nothing_o more_o to_o add_v to_o the_o forego_n memoires_n i_o hearty_o wish_v the_o reader_n may_v find_v as_o much_o comfort_n in_o their_o perusal_n as_o i_o do_v in_o read_v and_o put_v they_o together_o and_o that_o whatever_o i_o have_v here_o write_v may_v redound_v to_o god_n great_a honour_n and_o glory_n amen_n the_o end_n of_o the_o life_n the_o content_n of_o each_o book_n of_o the_o life_n of_o the_o lady_n warner_n the_o first_o book_n contain_v her_o life_n to_o her_o entrance_n into_o religion_n chap._n i._n her_o birth_n and_o family_n her_o inclination_n even_o from_o her_o tender_a year_n to_o a_o religious_a life_n both_o in_o france_n and_o england_n pag._n 1._o chap._n ii_o her_o pious_a design_n be_v cross_v by_o her_o mother-in-law_n and_o what_o happen_v to_o she_o till_o the_o time_n of_o her_o marriage_n pag._n 9_o chap._n iii_o the_o first_o interview_n between_o she_o and_o sir_n john_n warner_n her_o marriage_n and_o behaviour_n in_o the_o world_n pag._n 15._o chap._n iu._n the_o first_o beginning_n and_o occasion_n of_o her_o conversion_n pag._n 30._o chap._n v._n a_o relation_n of_o sir_n john_n warner_n conversion_n and_o how_o both_o he_o and_o his_o lady_n resolve_v to_o enter_v upon_o a_o religious_a course_n of_o life_n pag._n 49._o the_o second_o 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