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morte_fw-la iuvare_fw-la as_o 15._o as_o ovid._n met._n l._n 15._o the_o poet_n speak_v of_o sheep_n to_o benefit_n other_o rather_o by_o your_o life_n than_o by_o your_o death_n so_o shall_v you_o be_v well_o assure_v that_o no_o posthumou_n fraud_n or_o cunning_n shall_v be_v able_a to_o disappoint_v your_o religious_a purpose_n and_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o you_o will_v soon_o fall_v to_o a_o godly_a vy_z and_o emulation_n one_o with_o another_o which_o of_o you_o shall_v have_v the_o precedency_n in_o this_o kind_n of_o mercy_n be_v both_o the_o sure_a &_o the_o true_a kind_n of_o mercy_n if_o you_o can_v but_o persuade_v yourselves_o as_o the_o 11.17_o the_o prov._n 11.17_o wiseman_n do_v prov._n 11._o that_o benefacit_fw-la animae_fw-la suae_fw-la vir_fw-la misericors_fw-la he_o that_o be_v a_o benefactor_n to_o other_o be_v a_o benefactor_n to_o his_o own_o soul_n or_o as_o some_o of_o our_o english_a translation_n have_v it_o he_o that_o be_v merciful_a reward_v his_o own_o 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because_o they_o be_v he_o of_o his_o servant_n because_o they_o be_v he_o know_v that_o as_o 5.8_o as_o 1._o tim._n 5.8_o the_o apostle_n teach_v 1._o tim._n 5._o if_o there_o be_v any_o that_o provide_v not_o for_o his_o own_o and_o namely_o for_o they_o of_o his_o household_n he_o deni_v the_o faith_n and_o be_v worse_a than_o a_o infidel_n and_o if_o he_o ought_v to_o provide_v for_o their_o corporal_a welfare_n ought_v he_o not_o then_o much_o more_o to_o provide_v for_o their_o spiritual_a welfare_n and_o to_o say_v with_o good_a 24.15_o good_a josu_fw-la 24.15_o josuah_n c._n 24._o ego_fw-la &_o domus_fw-la mea_fw-la ay_o and_o my_o house_n will_v serve_v the_o lord_n 4_o last_o &_o in_o a_o word_n if_o a_o righteous_a man_n regard_v the_o life_n of_o his_o beast_n because_o it_o be_v he_o ought_v he_o not_o then_o much_o more_o to_o regard_v the_o life_n of_o his_o own_o natural_a body_n not_o to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o lay_v violent_a hand_n upon_o himself_o as_o some_o in_o a_o desperate_a fit_n of_o malecontentednesse_n have_v do_v who_o the_o apostle_n deem_v monster_n rather_o than_o man_n for_o 5.29_o for_o eph._n 5.29_o no_o man_n say_v he_o ever_o yet_o hate_v his_o own_o flesh_n but_o nourish_v and_o cherish_v it_o eph._n 5._o and_o if_o the_o life_n of_o his_o natural_a body_n how_o much_o more_o than_o his_o spiritual_a life_n the_o life_n of_o his_o soul_n which_o be_v so_o his_o own_o as_o that_o without_o it_o himself_o be_v not_o his_o own_o what_o a_o madness_n than_o be_v it_o say_v one_o plorare_fw-la bestiam_fw-la amissam_fw-la &_o non_fw-la plorare_fw-la animam_fw-la to_o mourn_v for_o the_o loss_n of_o thy_o beast_n and_o not_o to_o mourn_v for_o the_o loss_n of_o thy_o own_o soul_n it_o be_v therefore_o the_o counsel_n of_o 30.23_o of_o sirac_n 30.23_o siracides_n c._n 30._o miserere_fw-la animae_fw-la tuus_fw-la placens_fw-la deo_fw-la have_v pity_n upon_o thy_o own_o soul_n please_v god_n please_v he_o better_o 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