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hour_n i_o shall_v now_o draw_v some_o practical_a inference_n and_o conclude_v this_o subject_a 1._o from_o the_o revelation_n in_o scripture_n of_o the_o dreadful_a punishment_n prepare_v for_o unreformed_a sinner_n in_o the_o next_o state_n we_o may_v understand_v the_o tender_a mercy_n of_o god_n to_o man_n how_o willing_a he_o be_v they_o shall_v be_v save_v who_o be_v so_o wilful_a to_o be_v damn_v hell_n be_v represent_v to_o they_o by_o the_o most_o violent_a figure_n to_o terrify_v their_o imagination_n and_o strong_o affect_v their_o mind_n that_o they_o may_v flee_v from_o the_o wrath_n to_o come_v god_n counsel_n command_n entreat_n urge_v sinner_n to_o be_v wise_a to_o foresee_v and_o prevent_v the_o evil_a that_o every_o hour_n be_v approach_v to_o they_o and_o with_o compassion_n and_o indignation_n lament_v their_o misery_n and_o reproach_n their_o folly_n in_o bring_v it_o upon_o themselves_o the_o divine_a mercy_n be_v as_o eminent_o and_o apparent_o declare_v to_o man_n in_o the_o present_a corrupt_a state_n in_o threaten_a hell_n to_o excite_v their_o fear_n as_o in_o promise_a heaven_n to_o allure_v their_o hope_n for_o if_o carnal_a indulgent_a sinner_n be_v not_o rouse_v by_o a_o quick_a apprehension_n of_o hell_n they_o will_v secure_o enjoy_v their_o pernicious_a pleasure_n and_o despise_v the_o bless_a reward_n and_o heaven_n will_v be_v as_o empty_a of_o humane_a soul_n as_o it_o be_v full_a of_o glory_n 1._o because_o they_o be_v more_o capable_a to_o conceive_v of_o the_o torment_n of_o hell_n than_o the_o joy_n of_o heaven_n storm_n and_o darkness_n be_v more_o easy_o draw_v by_o a_o pencil_n than_o a_o clear_a calm_a day_n fire_n mix_v with_o brimstone_n be_v very_o painful_a to_o sense_n and_o the_o fancy_n strong_o represent_v its_o vehemence_n in_o torment_v the_o body_n and_o what_o misery_n the_o uncessant_a remorse_n of_o the_o guilty_a conscience_n will_v cause_v in_o the_o damn_a hereafter_o be_v in_o part_n understand_v by_o the_o secret_a accusation_n and_o twinge_n of_o conscience_n in_o self-condemning_a sinner_n here_o but_o they_o be_v absolute_o stranger_n to_o the_o joy_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o the_o delight_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o communion_n with_o god_n and_o to_o peace_n of_o conscience_n in_o his_o favour_n they_o can_v without_o experience_n know_v how_o good_a the_o lord_n be_v no_o more_o than_o see_v a_o taste_n to_o discourse_v to_o they_o of_o spiritual_a pleasure_n that_o flow_v from_o the_o divine_a presence_n of_o the_o happiness_n of_o the_o saint_n that_o be_v before_o the_o throne_n of_o god_n and_o serve_v he_o in_o his_o temple_n be_v to_o speak_v with_o the_o tongue_n of_o a_o angel_n aug._n unintelligible_a thing_n their_o mind_n and_o language_n be_v confine_v to_o sensible_a thing_n the_o natural_a man_n receive_v not_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n for_o they_o be_v foolishness_n to_o he_o neither_o can_v he_o know_v they_o because_o they_o be_v spiritual_o discern_v there_o may_v be_v in_o the_o carnal_a mind_n a_o conception_n of_o heaven_n as_o a_o sanctuary_n wherein_o they_o may_v be_v secure_v from_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n and_o some_o smother_a confuse_a thought_n of_o its_o felicity_n as_o the_o idea_n of_o light_n and_o colour_n in_o one_o blind_a from_o his_o birth_n but_o only_o the_o pure_a in_o heart_n can_v see_v god_n as_o in_o the_o perfect_a vision_n of_o glory_n hereafter_o so_o in_o the_o imperfect_a reflection_n of_o it_o here_o 2._o carnal_a man_n be_v more_o dispose_v to_o be_v wrought_v upon_o by_o represent_v the_o torment_n of_o hell_n than_o the_o joy_n of_o heaven_n for_o we_o can_v love_v but_o what_o be_v know_v nor_o enjoy_v but_o what_o be_v love_v and_o as_o the_o purification_n of_o the_o heart_n from_o vicious_a affection_n be_v a_o excellent_a mean_n to_o clear_v the_o mind_n so_o the_o illustration_n of_o the_o mind_n be_v very_o influential_a to_o warm_v the_o heart_n the_o true_a conception_n of_o heaven_n in_o its_o amiable_a excellency_n will_v powerful_o and_o sweet_o ravish_v the_o affection_n and_o of_o this_o prepare_a soul_n be_v only_o capable_a but_o those_o who_o be_v sensual_a be_v without_o relish_n of_o spiritual_a happiness_n and_o be_v allure_v or_o terrify_v only_o with_o what_o be_v pleasant_a or_o painful_a to_o flesh._n it_o be_v record_v as_o the_o unparalleled_a folly_n of_o nero_n suet._n that_o when_o he_o be_v ready_a to_o cut_v his_o own_o throat_n to_o avoid_v the_o fury_n of_o the_o multitude_n he_o break_v forth_o into_o great_a expression_n of_o sorrow_n what_o a_o excellent_a artist_n he_o die_v it_o be_v not_o the_o loss_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n that_o so_o much_o trouble_v he_o as_o that_o so_o much_o skill_n in_o music_n die_v with_o he_o he_o value_v himself_o more_o as_o a_o fiddler_n than_o a_o emperor_n thus_o carnal_a man_n with_o
jul._n 1_o thess._n 4._o 4._o ille_fw-la exerit_fw-la gladium_fw-la ille_fw-la cervicem_fw-la uno_fw-la voto_fw-la unâ_fw-la devotione_fw-la sub_fw-la tanto_fw-la non_fw-la dicam_fw-la humanitatis_fw-la sed_fw-la pâ—tius_fw-la naturae_fw-la ipsius_fw-la metu_fw-la lati_fw-la sunt_fw-la john_n 21.41_o secutus_fw-la à _fw-la corpore_fw-la volebat_fw-la esse_fw-la cum_fw-la christo_fw-la sed_fw-la si_fw-la fieri_fw-la posset_n praeter_fw-la mortis_fw-la molestiam_fw-la nolens_fw-la ad_fw-la eam_fw-la venit_fw-la sed_fw-la volens_fw-la eam_fw-la vicit_fw-la aug._n tract_n 123_o in_o joan._n phil._n 1._o john_n 17._o cant._n 1._o 1._o quamdiu_fw-la in_o salo_n isto_fw-la tamdiu_fw-la inter_fw-la naufragia_fw-la accitus_fw-la sum_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la miraculi_fw-la videre_fw-la exultantem_fw-la in_o morte_fw-la hominem_fw-la &_o insultantem_fw-la morti_fw-la bern._n 26_o serm._n in_o cant._n gen._n 4._o ver._n 29._o ver._n 26._o psal._n 100_o isa._n 33.22_o rom._n 3.5_o 6._o john_n 5.22_o ver._n 26_o 27._o rev._n 5._o john_n 5.23_o luke_n 9.26_o mat._n 26.64_o 63._o heb._n 1_o isa._n 11.2_o 3_o 4._o rev._n 20.11_o rom._n 7.17_o psal._n 119.128_o rom._n 2.18_o 〈◊〉_d 6.10_o john_n 5.44_o james_n 2.12_o isa._n 1.16_o 17_o 18_o mal._n 3.17_o 2_o tim._n 1.7_o 1_o pet._n 1.12_o luke_n 11.13_o rom._n 1.26_o 27._o rom._n 1.32_o rom._n 2._o rom._n 2.4_o act_n 14.17_o adsit_fw-la regula_n peccatis_fw-la quae_fw-la poenas_fw-la irroget_fw-la aequas_fw-la horat._n isa._n 6.2_o 3._o job_n 22.14_o poenae_fw-la aequalitas_fw-la non_fw-la nude_v specto_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o ponderibus_fw-la &_o mensuris_fw-la sed_fw-la expenso_fw-la proposito_fw-la &_o voto_fw-la ejus_fw-la qui_fw-la deliquit_fw-la grot._n mat._n 23.33_o gen._n 3.11_o gen._n 18.20_o 21_o dan._n 5.27_o rev._n 19.2_o 3._o rom._n 2.5_o eccles._n 12._o ult_n 2_o cor._n 5.10_o rom._n 2.16_o james_n 4._o 1_o pet._n 4.5_o col._n 3.25_o mat._n 12._o judas_n 14_o 15._o luke_n 21.3_o 4._o mat._n 10.42_o rev._n 20.12_o john_n 5.45_o john_n 12.48_o psal._n 19_o heb._n 4.13_o psal._n 139._o 1_o tim._n 6.16_o rev._n 1.14_o psal._n 90.8_o 1_o sam._n 15.21_o 2_o sam._n 11.25_o matth._n 23.14_o matth._n 6.2_o matth._n 23.14_o prov._n 24.12_o jer._n 17.10_o isa._n 65.6_o 65.6_o o_o si_fw-la nobis_fw-la animam_fw-la boni_fw-la viri_fw-la liceret_fw-la inspicere_fw-la quam_fw-la pulchram_fw-la faciem_fw-la quam_fw-la sanctam_fw-la quam_fw-la ex_fw-la magnifico_n placidoquefulgentem_fw-la videremus_fw-la senec._n mal._n 3.16_o 17._o rom._n 2.15_o 16._o psal._n 40.12_o jer._n 17.1_o rev._n zech._n 3.1_o 2_o 3._o psal._n 109.6_o 7._o prov._n 7.18_o isa._n 56.12_o prov._n 1_o hab._n 2.11_o james_n 5.3_o 4._o 4._o ipse_fw-la timendus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o publico_fw-la ipse_fw-la in_o secreto_fw-la lucerna_fw-la ardet_fw-la videt_fw-la te_fw-la lucerna_fw-la extincta_fw-la est_fw-la videt_fw-la te_fw-la in_o cubile_fw-la intras_fw-la videt_fw-la te_fw-la in_o cord_n versaris_fw-la videt_fw-la te_fw-la ipsum_fw-la time_n 1_o pet._n 1.17_o matth._n 7.22_o col._n 3._o ult_n col._n 3.11_o gal._n 6.7_o 8._o rom._n 2.7_o rom._n 6._o ult_n judas_n 21._o rev._n 7.14_o 2_o tim._n 4.7_o 8._o rev._n 20.12_o mat._n 25._o 34._o 35._o 35._o plus_fw-fr amant_fw-fr illud_fw-la regnum_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la non_fw-la timent_fw-la habere_fw-la consortes_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr civit._n dei_fw-la 2_o cor._n 8.12_o luk._n 12.47_o 48._o jer._n 17.10_o luke_n 16.28_o 16.28_o non_fw-la orat_fw-la pro_fw-la fratrum_fw-la salute_v quâ_fw-la non_fw-la tangitur_fw-la reprobus_fw-la sed_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la ne_fw-la ipsius_fw-la tormenta_fw-mi ex_fw-la consortio_fw-la fratrum_fw-la augeautur_fw-la brugen_n testimonium_fw-la animae_fw-la naturaliter_fw-la christiana_n tert._n judas_n 14_o 15._o eccles._n 12._o esa._n 45.23_o rom._n 14.10_o 11._o mat._n 13.42_o 43._o &_o 23.30_o 31._o an_fw-mi verè_fw-la extribuit_fw-la nobis_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la promisit_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr solo_fw-la die_fw-la judicii_fw-la nos_fw-la fefellit_fw-la aug._n psal._n 14.1_o psal._n 50._o eccles._n 8.2_o act_n 17.130_o 2_o pet._n 2.4_o deut._n 32.34_o 32.34_o amos_n 8.7_o psal._n 50.21_o 50.21_o cum_fw-la habeat_fw-la in_o potestate_fw-la vindictam_fw-la mavult_fw-la diu_fw-la tenere_fw-la patientiam_fw-la cyprian_a de_fw-fr bon_fw-fr patient_n patient_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n cu_z hi_o novissimi_fw-la versus_fw-la in_o tragoedia_fw-la euripidis_n pronuntiati_fw-la essent_fw-la totus_fw-la populus_fw-la ad_fw-la ejiciendum_fw-la &_o actorum_fw-la &_o carmen_fw-la consurrexit_fw-la uno_fw-la impetu_fw-la donec_fw-la euripides_n in_o medium_n prosiluit_fw-la petens_fw-la ut_fw-la expectarent_fw-la viderentque_fw-la quem_fw-la admirator_n auri_fw-la exitum_fw-la faceret_fw-la senec._n epist._n 115._o psal._n 4._o 2_o thess._n 6.7_o rom._n 2.7_o 1_o cor._n 4.5_o inter_fw-la judicem_fw-la justum_fw-la &_o conscientiam_fw-la tuam_fw-la noli_fw-la timere_fw-la nisi_fw-la causam_fw-la tuam_fw-la aug._n 1_o pet._n 1.7_o 2_o pet._n 3.9_o psal._n 94.5_o 6._o 1_o pet._n 4.3_o 4._o eccles._n 11._o tit._n 12.13_o phil._n 1._o mat._n 25._o acts._n 2._o videtis_fw-la vulnera_fw-la quae_fw-la inflixistis_fw-la agnoscitis_fw-la latus_fw-la quod_fw-la pupugistis_fw-la quoniam_fw-la &_o per_fw-la vos_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la vos_fw-la a_o pertum_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la intrare_fw-la voluistis_fw-la aug._n 2_o cor._n 5.9_o rev._n 8.3_o 1_o john_n 3.20_o 21._o 2_o cor._n 1.12_o 1.12_o cui_fw-la praeceptor_n ista_fw-la inquit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la eadem_fw-la sunt_fw-la aeque_fw-la difficilia_fw-la senec._n ep._n 91._o psal._n 19.12_o 19.12_o nullis_fw-la vitiis_fw-la desunt_fw-la pretiosa_fw-la nomina_fw-la plin._n lib._n 73._o mat._n 10.33_o 34._o rom._n 10._o 1_o joh._n 4.18_o matth._n 10.31_o 32_o 33._o 1_o cor._n 4.17_o act_n 5.41_o john_n 5.33_o 36_o 37_o 39_o mark_v 8.38_o matth._n 25.34_o 35.36_o judas_n 15._o rev._n 1.9_o 1_o thess._n 4.16_o pet._n 3.11_o 1â—_n act_n 17.32_o 34._o 1_o cor._n 19.27_o 19.27_o vae_fw-la miseris_fw-la nobis_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-fr electione_n nostra_fw-la nullam_fw-la adhuc_fw-la 〈◊〉_d vocem_fw-la cognovimus_fw-la &_o iam_fw-la in_o otio_fw-la quâ—â—â—_n de_fw-la securitate_fw-la torpemus_fw-la greg._n lib._n 39_o moral_a matth._n 11._o isa._n 35._o illorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la lingua_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o vita_fw-la prophetica_fw-la fuit_fw-la aug._n act_n 2_o 27_o 29._o rev._n 17.7_o 1_o cor._n 13._o ephes._n 3_o 3_o ut_fw-la cum_fw-la istud_fw-la quicquid_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la disputatis_fw-la percepero_fw-la moriar_fw-la val._n max._n max._n aristotle_n cant._n 7._o cant._n 10.16_o cant._n 6._o 6._o sic_fw-la itaque_fw-la habebit_fw-la donum_fw-la aliud_fw-la alio_fw-la minus_fw-la ut_fw-la hic_fw-la quoque_fw-la donum_fw-la habeat_fw-la ne_fw-la velit_fw-la amplius_fw-la aug._n aug._n o_o si_fw-la animum_fw-la boni_fw-la viri_fw-la liceret_fw-la inspicere_fw-la ex_fw-la magnifico_n placidóque_fw-la fulgentem_fw-la nun_n veluti_fw-la numinis_fw-la occursu_fw-la obstupefacti_fw-la essemus_fw-la senec._n non_fw-la errâsti_fw-la mater_fw-la nam_fw-la hic_fw-la alexander_n est_fw-la curt._n lib._n 3._o job_n 29.2_o 3_o 4._o 4._o vitæ_fw-la nos_fw-la taedium_fw-la tenet_fw-la timor_fw-la mortis_fw-la natat_fw-la omne_fw-la consilium_fw-la nec_fw-la implere_fw-la nos_fw-la ulla_fw-la faelicitas_fw-la potest_fw-la causa_fw-la auten_v est_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la pervenimus_fw-la ad_fw-la illud_fw-la bonum_fw-la immensum_fw-la &_o insuperabile_fw-la ubi_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la consistat_fw-la nobis_fw-la voluntas_fw-la nostra_fw-la quia_fw-la ultra_fw-la summum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la locus_fw-la senec._n ep._n 74._o 74._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arist._n eth._n l._n 7._o c._n ult_n ult_n et_fw-la totum_fw-la se_fw-la dedit_fw-la universis_fw-la &_o totum_fw-la singulis_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la quicquid_fw-la passione_n sua_fw-la salvator_n praestitit_fw-la sicut_fw-la totum_fw-la ei_fw-la debent_fw-la universi_fw-la sic_fw-la singuli_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la propè_fw-la hoc_fw-la plus_fw-la singuli_fw-la quam_fw-la universi_fw-la quod_fw-la totum_fw-la accepe_fw-la runâ—â—_n singuâ—â—_fw-la quantum_fw-la unâ—_n versi_fw-la salvian_n salvian_n si_fw-mi audiat_fw-la multitudo_fw-la silens_fw-la non_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la particulatim_fw-la comminuunt_fw-la sonos_fw-la tanquam_fw-la cibos_fw-la sed_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la sonat_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la totum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la totum_fw-la august_n in_o ep._n ad_fw-la volusan_n heb._n 10.19_o 20._o rom._n 9.16_o rom._n 3.27_o james_n 2._o heb._n 9_o 2_o cor._n john_n 3.3_o rom._n 8.17_o gal._n 4.7_o 1_o pet._n 1.17_o rom._n 2.16_o act_n 26.18_o heb._n 12.14_o john_n 3.16_o phil._n 2.8_o 9_o john_n 17.2_o john_n 6._o 1_o cor._n 15.22_o 1_o john_n 5.12_o john_n 1.13_o ephes._n 3.17_o 1_o cor._n 1._o act_n 5.31_o rom._n 8._o psal._n 106.14_o frui_fw-la est_fw-la amore_fw-la alicujus_fw-la rei_fw-la inhaerere_fw-la propter_fw-la seipsam_fw-la uti_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o usum_fw-la venerit_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la amas_fw-la obtinendum_fw-la refer_v aug._n de_fw-fr doct._n christ._n christ._n acosta_n 1_o tim._n 9.18_o 19_o phil._n 3.13_o 14._o rev._n 2._o 1_o cor._n 13._o 13._o natator_fw-la amnem_fw-la interpositum_fw-la superaturus_fw-la exuitur_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la hoc_fw-la tanto_fw-la appararu_fw-la quod_fw-la se_fw-la dispoliaverit_fw-la transnatabit_fw-la nisi_fw-la totius_fw-la corporis_fw-la nisu_fw-la torrentis_fw-la impetum_fw-la scindat_fw-la &_o laborem_fw-la natationis_fw-la exhauriat_fw-la paulin._n rom._n 2._o mat._n 10.22_o juven_n ezek._n 18.24_o heb._n 10.38_o 1_o cor._n 5.11_o 1_o cor._n 6.9_o 10._o 10._o homil._n 6._o de_fw-fr laud._n paul_n paul_n quae_fw-la justior_fw-la venia_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la causis_fw-la quam_fw-la voluntarius_fw-la a_o quam_fw-la invitus_fw-la peccator_fw-la implorat_fw-la negationem_fw-la quanta_fw-la compellunt_fw-la ingenia_fw-la carnificum_fw-la &_o genera_fw-la poenarum_fw-la quis_fw-la magis_fw-la negavit_fw-la qui_fw-la christum_fw-la vexatus_fw-la a_o qui_fw-la delectatus_fw-la amisit_fw-la qui_fw-la quum_fw-la amitteret_fw-la doluit_fw-la a_o qui_fw-la quum_fw-la amitteret_fw-la lusit_fw-la tert._n de_fw-fr pudicit_fw-la denique_fw-la saepe_fw-la cognovimus_fw-la quoniam_fw-la quem_fw-la formidolosa_fw-la carnificum_fw-la pompa_fw-la non_fw-la terruit_fw-la nec_fw-la divisi_fw-la lateris_fw-la sulcus_fw-la infregit_fw-la nec_fw-la ardentes_fw-la â—â—minae_fw-la à _fw-la triumphalis_fw-la 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z flagitio_fw-la insigni_fw-la semper_fw-la alicujus_fw-la foeminae_fw-la amore_fw-la flagrans_fw-la &_o ob_fw-la id_fw-la deas_fw-la pingens_fw-la sub_fw-la dilectarum_fw-la imagine_v itaque_fw-la scorta_fw-la ejus_fw-la venerabantur_fw-la plin._n plin._n bion._n bion._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aelian_a l._n 13._o c._n 32._o 32._o nunquam_fw-la de_fw-la vitâ_fw-la judicatur_fw-la semper_fw-la creditur_fw-la sanabimur_fw-la si_fw-la modò_fw-la separemur_fw-la à _fw-la coetu_fw-la sen_n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr beat._n heb._n 11.1_o nec_fw-la vereamur_fw-la occidi_fw-la quos_fw-la constat_fw-la quando_fw-la occidimur_fw-la coronari_fw-la cyp._n isa._n 1.2_o 3._o 3._o primum_fw-la ego_fw-la scriptoris_fw-la officium_fw-la existimâ—â—_n ut_fw-la titulum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d legate_n atque_fw-la identidem_fw-la 〈…〉_z quid_fw-la capâ—â—it_fw-la scribere_fw-la scribere_fw-la cum_fw-la natalis_fw-la dies_fw-la februarii_fw-la admonuisset_fw-la aetatis_fw-la numerandae_fw-la &_o tricesimo_fw-la reperissem_fw-la invasit_fw-la i_o subita_fw-la moestitia_fw-la &_o perculsit_fw-la admirantem_fw-la quomodo_fw-la sine_fw-la sensu_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la ad_fw-la ejus_fw-la culmen_fw-la pervenissem_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la lux_fw-la quaelibet_fw-la fit_a obscurior_fw-la &_o dies_fw-la nostri_fw-la ad_fw-la occasum_fw-la inclinare_fw-la incipiunt_fw-la visa_fw-la est_fw-la mihi_fw-la rerum_fw-la facies_fw-la momento_n mutata_fw-la &_o tunc_fw-la primum_fw-la i_o hominem_fw-la agnovi_fw-la memoires_n chanut_n 2_o cor._n 4.18_o 2_o pet._n 3.9_o quam_fw-la suave_fw-la carete_fw-it suavitatibus_fw-la istis_fw-la ut_fw-la corpus_fw-la redimas_fw-la ferrum_fw-la patieris_fw-la &_o ignes_fw-la ut_fw-la valeas_fw-la animo_fw-la quicquam_fw-la tolerare_fw-la negabis_fw-la at_o pretium_fw-la pars_fw-la haec_fw-la corpore_fw-la majus_fw-la habet_fw-la ovid._n psal._n 90.11_o 2_o thes._n 1._o indeed_o it_o be_v difficult_a to_o conceive_v how_o a_o material_a fire_n can_v act_v on_o a_o spiritual_a substance_n but_o it_o be_v unreasonable_a to_o determine_v that_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o if_o we_o consider_v what_o pain_n be_v it_o be_v as_o conceivable_a how_o pure_a spirit_n be_v capable_a of_o it_o as_o spirit_n in_o conjunction_n with_o body_n the_o human_a soul_n in_o its_o nature_n be_v spiritual_a as_o the_o angel_n 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inordinatus_fw-la affectus_fw-la aug._n luke_n 15.28_o psal._n 77.7_o rom._n 3.5_o 6._o job_n 4.17_o prov._n 8.36_o rev._n 16.10_o 11._o jer._n 26.3_o 26.3_o si_fw-mi frigido_fw-la loquar_fw-la nescit_fw-la quod_fw-la loquor_fw-la aug._n identidem_fw-la dictitans_fw-la qualis_fw-la artisex_v pereo_fw-la suet._n nisi_fw-la timore_fw-la incipiat_fw-la homo_fw-la deum_fw-la colere_fw-la non_fw-la perveniet_fw-la ad_fw-la amorem_fw-la aug._n