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force_n by_o the_o daemon_n that_o have_v the_o guard_n and_o care_n of_o it_o where_o by_o the_o visible_a place_n he_o mean_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 386._o that_o be_v about_o their_o monument_n and_o sepulcher_n where_o the_o shadowy_a phantasm_n of_o such_o soul_n have_v sometime_o appear_v for_o be_v utter_o unacquainted_a with_o the_o pleasure_n of_o spirit_n they_o have_v nothing_o in_o all_o the_o spiritual_a world_n to_o feed_v their_o hungry_a desire_n which_o make_v they_o when_o they_o be_v permit_v to_o wander_v to_o hover_v about_o and_o linger_v after_o their_o body_n the_o impossibility_n of_o be_v reunite_v to_o they_o not_o be_v able_a to_o cure_v they_o of_o their_o impotent_a desire_n of_o it_o but_o still_o they_o will_v fain_o be_v alive_a again_o and_o reassume_v their_o old_a instrument_n of_o pleasure_n iterumque_fw-la ad_fw-la tarda_fw-la reverti_fw-la corpora_fw-la quae_fw-la lucis_fw-la miseris_fw-la tam_fw-la dira_fw-la cupido_fw-la and_o hence_o among_o other_o reason_n it_o be_v that_o the_o primitive_a christian_n do_v so_o severe_o abstain_v from_o bodily_a pleasure_n that_o by_o this_o mean_v they_o may_v gentle_o wean_v the_o soul_n from_o the_o body_n and_o teach_v it_o before_o hand_n to_o live_v upon_o the_o delight_n of_o separate_a spirit_n that_o so_o upon_o its_o separation_n it_o may_v drop_v into_o eternity_n like_o ripe_a fruit_n from_o the_o tree_n with_o ease_n and_o willingness_n and_o that_o by_o accustom_v it_o before_o to_o spiritual_a pleasure_n and_o delight_n it_o may_v acquire_v such_o a_o savoury_a sense_n and_o relish_v of_o they_o as_o to_o be_v able_a when_o it_o come_v into_o the_o spiritual_a world_n to_o live_v whole_o upon_o they_o and_o to_o be_v so_o entire_o satisfy_v with_o they_o as_o not_o to_o be_v endless_o vex_v with_o a_o torment_a desire_n of_o return_v to_o the_o body_n again_o for_o so_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 141._o we_o that_o be_v hunt_v after_o the_o heavenly_a food_n must_v take_v heed_n that_o we_o keep_v our_o earthly_a belly_n in_o subjection_n and_o to_o keep_v a_o strict_a government_n over_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v pleasant_a to_o it_o for_o say_v he_o a_o little_a before_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 139._o neither_o say_v he_o be_v food_n our_o work_n nor_o pleasure_n our_o aim_n but_o we_o use_v they_o only_o as_o necessary_n to_o our_o present_n abide_v in_o which_o our_o reason_n be_v institute_v and_o train_v we_o up_o to_o a_o life_n incorruptible_a i_o e._n they_o do_v so_o use_v they_o as_o that_o as_o much_o as_o in_o they_o lay_v they_o may_v wean_v their_o soul_n from_o the_o pleasure_n of_o they_o that_o so_o they_o may_v have_v the_o better_a appetite_n to_o that_o spiritual_a food_n upon_o which_o they_o be_v to_o live_v for_o ever_o and_o therefore_o thus_o to_o temperate_a and_o restrain_v ourselves_o in_o the_o use_n of_o bodily_a pleasure_n be_v one_o of_o the_o necessary_a virtue_n of_o the_o 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