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he_o go_v forth_o to_o see_v the_o people_n that_o follow_v he_o and_o when_o he_o see_v they_o be_v move_v to_o pity_n and_o compassion_n of_o they_o because_o they_o be_v like_o sheep_n that_o have_v no_o shepherd_n he_o entertain_v they_o with_o much_o courtesy_n and_o kindness_n and_o have_v instruct_v they_o in_o many_o thing_n concern_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n he_o afterward_o cure_v those_o that_o be_v sick_a and_o when_o the_o day_n be_v now_o far_o spend_v his_o disciple_n come_v unto_o he_o say_v this_o be_v a_o desert_n place_n and_o now_o the_o day_n be_v far_o pass_v therefore_o i_o pray_v you_o dismiss_v they_o and_o let_v they_o depart_v that_o they_o may_v go_v into_o the_o village_n and_o town_n about_o and_o buy_v they_o bread_n for_o they_o have_v nothing_o to_o eat_v but_o he_o answer_v and_o say_v unto_o they_o it_o be_v better_a that_o you_o shall_v give_v they_o to_o eat_v when_o jesus_n have_v lift_v up_o his_o eye_n to_o behold_v one_o earnest_o be_v a_o token_n of_o love_n and_o care_n and_o herein_o our_o saviour_n not_o only_o show_v a_o token_n of_o his_o affection_n but_o also_o of_o his_o providence_n that_o it_o be_v a_o sign_n of_o love_n esther_n say_v unto_o king_n assuerus_n if_o i_o have_v find_v favour_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o king_n 5._o she_o do_v take_v the_o eye_n to_o be_v the_o archive_v of_o favour_n and_o therefore_o do_v petition_v he_o that_o he_o will_v entertain_v her_o suit_n with_o the_o eye_n of_o grace_n and_o favour_n the_o prince_n of_o poet_n paint_v forth_o jupiters_n favour_v of_o the_o trojan_n be_v drive_v by_o tempest_n on_o the_o african_a coast_n express_v it_o thus_o libiae_fw-la defixit_fw-la lumina_fw-la regnis_fw-la incline_v dido_n breast_n to_o take_v pity_n and_o compassion_n of_o they_o and_o to_o supply_v their_o want_n and_o to_o feast_v they_o in_o her_o famous_a city_n of_o carthage_n that_o it_o be_v a_o token_n of_o providence_n joves_n statue_n with_o three_o eye_n do_v exemplify_v it_o unto_o we_o behold_v thing_n past_a thing_n present_a and_o thing_n to_o come_v this_o agree_v with_o that_o other_o firmabo_fw-la super_fw-la te_fw-la oculos_fw-la meos_fw-la i_o will_v fix_v my_o eye_n upon_o thou_o but_o this_o look_v here_o must_v be_v a_o look_v with_o care_n and_o attention_n and_o therefore_o we_o have_v here_o a_o see_v and_o a_o see_v it_o be_v echo_v and_o redouble_v unto_o we_o cum_fw-la sublevasset_fw-la oculos_fw-la &_o vidisset_fw-la videns_fw-la vidit_fw-la afflictionem_fw-la svam_fw-la vide_fw-la domine_fw-la &_o considera_fw-la i_o there_o be_v some_o eye_n which_o look_v but_o do_v not_o see_v of_o the_o rich_a fool_n job_n say_v 27.19_o he_o open_v his_o eye_n and_o find_v nothing_o your_o hare_n sleep_n with_o their_o eye_n open_a and_o hermolaus_n report_v the_o like_a of_o jupiters_n guard_n of_o your_o image_n and_o idol_n david_n say_v they_o have_v eye_n but_o do_v not_o see_v and_o s._n luke_n say_v of_o s._n paul_n be_v open_o eye_v he_o see_v nothing_o other_o there_o be_v who_o see_v but_o will_v not_o see_v these_o see_v a_o poor_a soul_n but_o turn_v their_o eye_n aside_o from_o he_o because_o they_o will_v not_o see_v he_o contrary_a to_o salomon_n council_n turn_v not_o away_o thy_o eye_n from_o the_o poor_a they_o will_v not_o afford_v they_o their_o eye_n lest_o their_o heart_n shall_v follow_v after_o such_o man_n will_v not_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o wretched_a estate_n of_o the_o poor_a lest_o the_o pittifulnes_n of_o so_o miserable_a a_o spectacle_n may_v chance_v to_o move_v they_o to_o charity_n and_o draw_v something_o out_o of_o their_o purse_n saint_n bernard_n cite_v the_o spanish_a proverb_n ojos_n que_fw-fr no_n
therefore_o our_o saviour_n christ_n when_o he_o see_v mary_n magdalen_n modesty_n and_o that_o out_o of_o bashfulness_n she_o forbear_v to_o press_v too_o near_o upon_o he_o he_o make_v sign_n unto_o she_o imboldn_v she_o thereby_o to_o come_v unto_o he_o she_o bring_v a_o box_n of_o ointment_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v a_o certain_a sign_n and_o assure_a token_n of_o her_o general_a change_n and_o alteration_n in_o the_o old_a law_n those_o woman_n that_o do_v whole_o give_v over_o the_o world_n and_o do_v consecrate_v themselves_o to_o the_o temple_n do_v offer_v up_o those_o glass_n wherein_o they_o before_o behold_v themselves_o be_v a_o jewel_n of_o great_a esteem_n among_o woman_n as_o be_v a_o mean_n to_o preserve_v their_o beauty_n and_o repair_v those_o wrong_n that_o any_o spot_n of_o foulness_n shall_v do_v the_o face_n and_o moses_n make_v a_o lavatorie_n of_o copper_n for_o the_o priest_n to_o wash_v themselves_o in_o adorn_v the_o same_o with_o these_o kind_n of_o glass_n for_o she_o that_o shall_v forgo_v the_o world_n and_o strip_v herself_o of_o all_o even_a to_o her_o very_a glass_n wherein_o she_o be_v wont_a to_o look_v the_o holy_a priest_n may_v look_v that_o woman_n in_o the_o face_n without_o sin_v there_o be_v certain_a sinner_n which_o will_v not_o let_v slip_v any_o occasion_n that_o offer_v itself_o unto_o they_o petrus_n chrysologus_fw-la liken_n these_o unto_o devil_n among_o the_o gergesenes_n our_o saviour_n christ_n command_v the_o devil_n that_o they_o shall_v come_v out_o of_o those_o man_n that_o live_v in_o the_o field_n in_o the_o sepulcher_n and_o grave_n of_o the_o dead_a as_o if_o they_o be_v house_n of_o peace_n and_o pleasure_n they_o beseech_v he_o that_o he_o will_v suffer_v they_o to_o go_v into_o the_o hear_v of_o swine_n to_o wit_n out_o of_o one_o filthy_a place_n into_o another_o and_o so_o in_o like_a manner_n from_o sin_n to_o sin_n other_o there_o be_v that_o all_o their_o life_n long_o have_v tie_v 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more_o dangerous_a because_o it_o may_v be_v presume_v from_o his_o ordinary_a reincidencie_n that_o in_o the_o confession_n of_o his_o sin_n he_o never_o true_o repute_n himself_o of_o they_o whence_o great_a sacrilege_n be_v wont_a to_o succeed_v but_o for_o the_o other_o it_o may_v so_o fall_v out_o that_o he_o may_v be_v as_o constant_a in_o good_a as_o he_o have_v be_v before_o in_o ill_a and_o she_o stand_v at_o his_o foot_n behind_o he_o retrò_fw-la at_o his_o back_n whence_o we_o may_v consider_v a_o wonderful_a and_o strange_a kind_n of_o change_n ourselves_o when_o marry_o magdalen_n do_v cast_v her_o sin_n behind_o her_o back_n god_n do_v set_v they_o before_o his_o eye_n but_o when_o mary_n magdalen_n do_v set_v they_o before_o her_o eye_n and_o grow_v fearful_a and_o timorous_a to_o look_v he_o in_o the_o face_n and_o have_v not_o the_o heart_n to_o press_v into_o his_o presence_n that_o be_v to_o be_v her_o soul_n best_a physician_n god_n do_v cast_v her_o sin_n behind_o 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not_o that_o he_o shall_v have_v see_v she_o though_o such_o be_v her_o wretched_a case_n that_o she_o be_v drive_v to_o desire_v his_o favour_n and_o best_a furtherance_n the_o sick_a patient_n can_v fly_v from_o the_o physician_n which_o be_v willing_a to_o cure_v he_o in_o this_o perplexity_n and_o anguish_n of_o her_o soul_n she_o resolve_v with_o herself_o to_o shun_v the_o sight_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n though_o not_o utter_o put_v herself_o out_o from_o his_o presence_n david_n do_v desire_n of_o god_n that_o he_o will_v not_o forsake_v he_o in_o his_o anger_n nor_o go_v away_o from_o he_o in_o his_o displeasure_n which_o seem_v contrary_a to_o that_o rule_n of_o s._n paul_n give_v place_n to_o wrath_n and_o contrary_a to_o job_n desire_v quis_fw-la mihi_fw-la det_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o inferno_fw-la protegas_fw-la i_o &_o abscondas_fw-la i_o donec_fw-la transeat_fw-la furor_fw-la tuus_fw-la etc._n etc._n saint_n augustine_n say_v he_o that_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o 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friend_n but_o he_o that_o do_v not_o only_o love_v his_o friend_n but_o his_o enemy_n also_o he_o shall_v be_v sure_a of_o a_o double_a reward_n introduxit_fw-la i_o rex_fw-la in_o cellam_fw-la vinariam_fw-la ordinavit_fw-la in_o i_o charitatem_fw-la i_o the_o king_n bring_v i_o into_o the_o banquet_a house_n 4._o and_o his_o banner_n over_o i_o be_v love._n origen_n note_n that_o that_o which_o the_o soul_n desire_v of_o her_o husband_n be_v not_o to_o love_v or_o to_o hate_v for_o this_o be_v a_o natural_a perfection_n it_o be_v not_o possible_a it_o shall_v fail_v the_o will_n be_v neither_o idle_a nor_o in_o vain_a for_o it_o must_v of_o force_n wish_v either_o well_o or_o ill_o dispose_v all_o the_o kindness_n that_o she_o desire_v of_o her_o husband_n be_v his_o order_n of_o his_o love_n for_o in_o disorder_n intolerable_a error_n arise_v of_o all_o the_o predicament_n god_n be_v the_o high_a and_o he_o ought_v to_o be_v the_o principal_a mark_n of_o our_o well_o order_a 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a_o sinistris_fw-la there_o be_v crucify_v with_o he_o two_o thief_n one_o at_o his_o right_a hand_n a_o other_o on_o his_o left_a there_o be_v three_o most_o notable_a conversion_n which_o the_o church_n do_v celebrate_v that_o of_o saint_n paul_n that_o of_o mary_n magdalen_n that_o of_o the_o good_a thief_n the_o one_o live_v here_o upon_o earth_n the_o other_o now_o reign_v in_o heaven_n the_o three_o die_v upon_o the_o crosse._n of_o all_o the_o rest_n this_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o most_o prodigious_a and_o most_o strange_a first_o because_o mary_n magdalen_n see_v many_o of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n miracle_n hear_v many_o of_o his_o sermon_n and_o beside_o her_o sister_n good_a example_n may_v work_v much_o good_a upon_o she_o second_o saint_n paul_n see_v christ_n round_v about_o with_o glory_n more_o resplendent_a than_o the_o sun_n have_v hear_v that_o powerful_a voice_n which_o throw_v he_o down_o from_o his_o horse_n and_o put_v he_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o that_o dust_n 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