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the_o emperor_n opus_fw-la he_o preach_v every_o sunday_n and_o all_o the_o lend_v every_o day_n with_o great_a pain_n and_o profit_n these_o be_v some_o of_o his_o say_n sanctus_n cyrillus_n hierosolymitanus_n praefatio_fw-la in_o cat._n be_v not_o curious_a in_o thing_n of_o vanity_n seek_v not_o to_o know_v what_o be_v do_v in_o the_o city_n what_o the_o king_n do_v at_o the_o court_n what_o the_o bishop_n in_o his_o consistory_n what_o the_o priest_n in_o his_o parish_n it_o be_v high_a time_n to_o look_v into_o thyself_o and_o then_o up_o to_o heaven_n from_o whence_o thy_o salvation_n come_v idem_fw-la 16._o some_o come_v to_o church_n for_o fashion_n other_o to_o meet_v their_o friend_n this_o man_n upon_o one_o pretence_n that_o man_n upon_o another_o yet_o it_o be_v better_a to_o come_v so_o then_o not_o to_o come_v at_o all_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o net_n be_v cast_v out_o the_o word_n be_v preach_v draw_v in_o they_o which_o come_v with_o no_o intent_n to_o be_v 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