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the_o wound_n which_o vice_n have_v stab_v in_o the_o soul_n can_v be_v cure_v by_o repentance_n alone_o but_o the_o correction_n and_o amendment_n of_o our_o life_n be_v also_o require_v the_o grief_n thereof_o aught_o to_o be_v expel_v by_o virtue_n and_o not_o by_o a_o contraryvice_n for_o the_o covetous_a miser_n become_v a_o prodigal_n tumble_v headlong_o from_o one_o extreme_a into_o another_o virtue_n ought_v to_o place_v herself_o in_o the_o very_a centre_n of_o the_o soul_n affection_n the_o soul_n ought_v to_o command_v the_o sense_n and_o the_o sense_n ought_v to_o guide_v the_o body_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o it_o be_v by_o their_o assistance_n that_o the_o affection_n become_v from_o be_v corporal_a to_o be_v spiritual_a they_o be_v the_o chariot_n that_o translate_v this_o live_a clot_n of_o earth_n unto_o the_o temple_n of_o immortality_n a_o admirable_a mean_n have_v we_o so_o great_a a_o blessing_n as_o to_o be_v able_a to_o attain_v unto_o the_o knowledge_n thereof_o 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discipline_n 〈◊〉_d we_o discover_v vice_n cozenage_n use_v then_o its_o love_n will_v soon_o be_v turn_v to_o hate_v 〈◊〉_d virtue_n will_v our_o soul_n so_o much_o engage_v â—at_a the_o other_o will_n seem_v harsh_a and_o out_o of_o date_n 〈◊〉_d not_o astonish_v reader_n if_o thou_o tread_v â—â—tht_fw-mi full_a of_o grief_n and_o seem_a misery_n â—â—e_z way_n with_o bitter_a anguish_n be_v lay_v â—â—at_a virtue_n travel_n not_o with_o voluptie_a the_o three_o effect_n that_o virtue_n produce_v in_o man_n which_o be_v both_o the_o theory_n and_o practice_n of_o conquer_a himself_o chap._n vi_o the_o three_o effect_n be_v both_o the_o theory_n and_o practice_n of_o overcome_v ourselves_o which_o renown_v and_o victorious_a conquest_n we_o ought_v to_o strive_v so_o much_o the_o more_o courageous_o to_o attain_v unto_o by_o how_o much_o the_o more_o we_o know_v our_o nature_n strong_a and_o desperate_a in_o the_o eager_a resistance_n of_o our_o assault_n since_o all_o the_o rebellious_a 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and_o sorrow_n but_o also_o in_o the_o free_n of_o it_o from_o such_o violent_a passion_n as_o plunge_v the_o vicious_a in_o a_o sea_n of_o sadness_n so_o that_o then_o he_o only_o be_v to_o be_v account_v free_a which_o domineer_v over_o his_o own_o affection_n and_o withstand_v the_o violence_n of_o such_o ill-seasoned_n desire_v as_o without_o resistance_n will_v destroy_v he_o if_o we_o esteem_v that_o man_n to_o be_v attend_v on_o by_o a_o unhappy_a chance_n and_o a_o miserable_a fortune_n which_o have_v be_v once_o a_o lord_n and_o commander_n be_v now_o tumble_v headlong_o down_o by_o some_o disastrous_a accident_n or_o other_o into_o the_o subjection_n of_o his_o own_o vassal_n what_o then_o shall_v we_o say_v of_o he_o that_o be_v voluntary_o become_v a_o servile_a bondslave_n not_o only_o unto_o his_o passion_n but_o also_o unto_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v senseless_a &_o dead_a such_o as_o be_v gold_n and_o silver_n and_o the_o like_a worldly_a vanity_n and_o so_o at_o 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