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garden_n say_v unto_o his_o father_n transeat_fw-la a_o i_o calix_fw-la iste_fw-la for_o in_o that_o agony_n he_o do_v cast_v all_o my_o fear_n upon_o himself_o to_o the_o end_n that_o i_o shall_v afterward_o be_v less_o timorous_a before_o that_o god_n take_v flesh_n he_o be_v fear_v of_o all_o man_n and_o do_v fear_v no_o man_n and_o wicked_a man_n do_v fear_v all_o thing_n and_o be_v fear_v of_o no_o body_n but_o since_o the_o time_n that_o christ_n like_o a_o fearful_a man_n say_v my_o soul_n be_v sorrowful_a and_o heavy_a there_o be_v no_o reason_n that_o we_o shall_v fear_v any_o thing_n for_o his_o fear_n be_v sufficient_a to_o make_v all_o the_o world_n courageous_a s._n barnard_n upon_o that_o say_n cum_fw-la ipso_fw-la sum_fw-la in_o tribulatione_fw-la say_v see_v that_o thou_o do_v bind_v thyself_o o_o good_a jesus_n by_o these_o word_n to_o be_v always_o at_o hand_n with_o i_o and_o to_o be_v by_o my_o side_n when_o i_o shall_v be_v afflict_v and_o persecute_v why_o or_o 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our_o infirmity_n upon_o he_o when_o as_o upon_o the_o altar_n of_o the_o cross_n he_o do_v cry_v with_o a_o loud_a voice_n and_o many_o tear_n and_o when_o he_o pray_v and_o shed_v many_o tear_n with_o the_o which_o he_o do_v wash_v away_o our_o offence_n he_o do_v then_o take_v our_o infirmity_n upon_o he_o when_o as_o in_o the_o last_o hour_n he_o do_v yield_v up_o his_o ghost_n inclinato_fw-la capite_fw-la accept_v the_o death_n which_o his_o father_n do_v offer_v he_o to_o transfer_v life_n into_o us._n damascen_n say_v from_o what_o time_n do_v we_o loose_v the_o shame_n of_o death_n but_o since_o christ_n
do_v fear_v death_n no_o man_n ought_v to_o marvel_v that_o the_o son_n of_o god_n do_v fear_v death_n but_o that_o which_o we_o shall_v marvel_v at_o be_v that_o he_o make_v his_o martyr_n not_o fear_v death_n and_o that_o they_o shall_v go_v so_o free_o to_o death_n see_v that_o they_o go_v more_o cheerful_o to_o be_v martyr_v than_o prince_n do_v go_v to_o be_v crown_v the_o son_n than_o do_v complain_v unto_o his_o father_n say_v why_o have_v thou_o forsake_v i_o because_o that_o have_v take_v our_o infirmity_n sin_n and_o sorrow_n upon_o himself_o it_o be_v no_o reason_n that_o we_o shall_v be_v so_o ungrateful_a and_o unthankful_a unto_o he_o chap._n xi_o christ_n complain_v unto_o his_o father_n how_o bad_o envy_n do_v use_v he_o and_o how_o in_o samaria_n they_o sell_v a_o ass_n head_n for_o fourscore_o penny_n and_o they_o give_v but_o thirty_o for_o he_o inuidebant_fw-la ei_fw-la fratres_fw-la svi_fw-la nec_fw-la poterant_fw-la ei_fw-la quidquam_fw-la pacificè_fw-la loqui_fw-la genesis_n 37._o chap._n the_o scripture_n declare_v the_o great_a hatred_n which_o jacob_n eleven_o son_n bare_a unto_o their_o brother_n joseph_n speak_v these_o word_n and_o the_o meaning_n be_v this_o the_o elder_a brother_n do_v hate_v the_o young_a very_o much_o because_o his_o father_n do_v love_v he_o best_o and_o make_v most_o of_o he_o and_o their_o hatred_n and_o envy_n grow_v to_o that_o depth_n that_o they_o can_v not_o endure_v to_o see_v he_o nor_o speak_v one_o friendly_a word_n unto_o he_o saint_n paul_n think_v that_o envy_n be_v the_o root_n and_o foundation_n of_o the_o perdion_fw-la of_o mankind_n see_v he_o say_v that_o propter_fw-la invidiam_fw-la mors_fw-la intravit_fw-la in_o mundum_fw-la and_o therefore_o it_o shall_v be_v great_a reason_n that_o we_o declare_v what_o envy_n be_v and_o what_o hurt_v it_o do_v and_o who_o be_v queen_n of_o envy_n aristotle_n say_v that_o envy_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o passion_n of_o the_o mind_n &_o a_o mortal_a anguish_n to_o see_v another_o man_n in_o credit_n and_o honour_n imagine_v that_o to_o be_v his_o discredit_n horace_n say_v the_o great_a grief_n that_o we_o have_v with_o envy_n be_v that_o it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o eye_n for_o so_o it_o will_v be_v see_v nor_o in_o the_o hand_n for_o it_o will_v be_v feel_v nor_o in_o the_o tongue_n for_o it_o will_v be_v hear_v but_o his_o chair_n and_o seat_n be_v in_o the_o secret_a place_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o mind_n where_o it_o abide_v complain_v of_o every_o man_n and_o torment_v he_o who_o possess_v it_o menander_n say_v the_o mother_n of_o envy_n be_v swell_a pride_n and_o curse_a ambition_n and_o therefore_o they_o never_o go_v asunder_o or_o very_o seldom_o but_o where_o pride_n be_v there_o be_v envy_n and_o where_o envy_n there_o pride_n s._n augustine_n say_v take_v away_o envy_n and_o present_o all_o that_o be_v i_o be_v thou_o and_o all_o that_o be_v thou_o be_v i_o origen_n say_v envy_n do_v grow_v so_o fast_o upon_o i_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o disordinate_a love_n which_o i_o bear_v unto_o my_o own_o person_n for_o thereby_o i_o bear_v malice_n unto_o my_o inferior_n for_o fear_n lest_o they_o become_v my_o equal_n and_o i_o envy_v my_o equal_n lest_o they_o go_v beyond_o i_o and_o i_o spite_v my_o superior_n because_o they_o do_v i_o no_o good_a s._n jerome_n in_o a_o sermon_n say_v that_o the_o difference_n betwixt_o a_o malicious_a man_n and_o a_o envious_a man_n be_v that_o the_o malicious_a man_n do_v love_v nothing_o but_o that_o that_o be_v naught_o and_o the_o envious_a man_n do_v hate_v nothing_o but_o that_o which_o be_v good_a s._n gregory_n in_o the_o five_o book_n of_o his_o moral_n say_v the_o naughty_a man_n do_v envy_v none_o but_o such_o as_o he_o see_v in_o high_a estate_n than_o himself_o or_o who_o he_o see_v to_o be_v of_o better_a life_n than_o himself_o or_o who_o he_o hear_v better_a speak_v off_o than_o himself_o whereof_o it_o ensue_v that_o how_o much_o the_o other_o do_v grow_v &_o increase_v in_o goodness_n so_o much_o the_o envious_a man_n do_v vex_v and_o torment_v himself_o isidorus_n say_v take_v heed_n of_o envy_n my_o brother_n take_v heed_n for_o it_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o certain_a disease_n which_o do_v trouble_v thy_o sense_n burn_v thy_o breast_n gnaw_v thy_o bowel_n grind_v thy_o heart_n waste_v thy_o life_n darken_v thy_o memory_n and_o condemn_v thy_o soul_n seneca_n say_v that_o a_o man_n do_v seldom_o envy_v he_o who_o he_o can_v overcome_v but_o he_o who_o he_o can_v vanquish_v and_o the_o selfsame_o seneca_n say_v further_a it_o be_v more_o expedient_a for_o we_o to_o beware_v of_o the_o envy_n of_o our_o friend_n than_o of_o the_o hatred_n and_o displeasure_n of_o our_o enemy_n because_o the_o enemy_n carry_v his_o hatred_n in_o his_o tongue_n and_o i_o take_v heed_n of_o he_o but_o because_o my_o friend_n hide_v his_o envy_n in_o his_o heart_n it_o can_v be_v know_v nor_o i_o can_v beware_v of_o he_o laertius_n say_v i_o will_v to_o god_n that_o all_o envious_a man_n have_v their_o eye_n scatter_v over_o all_o the_o world_n that_o because_o other_o man_n good_n and_o welfare_n be_v a_o torment_n unto_o they_o they_o may_v be_v torment_v with_o so_o many_o torture_n as_o they_o see_v other_o man_n hap_n and_o felicity_n increase_v diogenes_n say_v there_o have_v no_o man_n live_v in_o this_o world_n in_o fame_n and_o credit_n but_o he_o have_v present_o feel_v the_o worm_n of_o envy_n whereof_o it_o follow_v that_o the_o poor_a and_o miserable_a man_n do_v only_o escape_v the_o envious_a man_n hand_n demosthenes_n in_o a_o oration_n say_v what_o shall_v i_o do_v wretched_a man_n as_o i_o be_o or_o whether_o shall_v i_o go_v for_o if_o i_o desire_v to_o live_v in_o poverty_n misery_n do_v weary_v i_o and_o if_o i_o choose_v to_o be_v rich_a envy_n do_v torment_v i_o to_o come_v then_o unto_o our_o purpose_n all_o this_o discourse_n have_v tend_v unto_o no_o other_o end_n but_o to_o admonish_v all_o man_n of_o honest_a life_n and_o of_o a_o clean_a conscience_n to_o beware_v of_o enny_n because_o the_o devil_n be_v such_o a_o friend_n unto_o this_o vice_n that_o if_o he_o see_v a_o man_n to_o be_v very_o envious_a he_o will_v tempt_v he_o with_o no_o other_o sin_n cicero_n say_v what_o have_v cause_v all_o the_o war_n which_o we_o have_v have_v with_o stranger_n &_o all_o the_o dissension_n which_o we_o have_v have_v among_o ourselves_o but_o abundance_n of_o wealth_n and_o the_o envy_n which_o man_n have_v bear_v unto_o rome_n although_o christ_n be_v poor_a yet_o he_o be_v hate_v of_o the_o wicked_a accuse_v of_o malice_n and_o persecute_v with_o envy_n but_o his_o poverty_n be_v so_o great_a as_o it_o be_v and_o hide_v his_o power_n as_o he_o do_v whereof_o shall_v any_o man_n envy_v he_o they_o do_v not_o envy_n christ_n for_o the_o feature_n of_o his_o body_n see_v there_o be_v other_o beautiful_a also_o nor_o for_o his_o stock_n and_o kindred_n see_v there_o be_v other_o noble_a also_o not_o for_o his_o eloquence_n see_v there_o be_v other_o learned_a nor_o for_o his_o wealth_n see_v there_o be_v other_o more_o wealthy_a but_o that_o which_o they_o do_v most_o of_o all_o envy_n at_o be_v his_o catholic_a doctrine_n which_o he_o do_v preach_v and_o holy_a life_n which_o he_o do_v lead_v because_o that_o none_o of_o the_o prophet_n which_o go_v before_o he_o do_v preach_v of_o such_o high_a point_n as_o he_o do_v nor_o yet_o any_o one_o of_o they_o do_v live_v so_o sincere_o as_o he_o do_v saint_n augustine_n upon_o those_o word_n sciebat_fw-la enim_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la invidiam_fw-la tradidissent_fw-la eum_fw-la say_v the_o envy_n conceive_v against_o good_a life_n be_v more_o dangerous_a than_o that_o which_o be_v breed_v by_o reason_n of_o our_o wealth_n for_o if_o he_o be_v a_o naughty_a man_n which_o be_v possess_v of_o this_o wealth_n he_o will_v endeavour_n himself_o rather_o to_o increase_v his_o substance_n than_o amend_v his_o life_n let_v we_o compare_v then_o the_o envy_n which_o jacobs_n son_n bear_v unto_o their_o brother_n joseph_n with_o the_o envy_n which_o they_o do_v bear_v unto_o christ_n and_o we_o shall_v see_v how_o well_o the_o figure_n do_v answer_v unto_o the_o thing_n figure_v and_o the_o spirit_n unto_o the_o letter_n see_v that_o the_o one_o be_v fold_n by_o envy_n into_o egypt_n and_o the_o other_o also_o through_o envy_n crucify_v joseph_n do_v mislike_v his_o brother_n do_n and_o therefore_o they_o do_v envy_v he_o and_o christ_n do_v not_o like_o the_o jew_n do_n and_o therefore_o they_o do_v hate_v he_o and_o they_o do_v persecute_v joseph_n because_o he_o do_v accuse_v they_o before_o their_o