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temperance_n be_v the_o just_a proportion_n of_o the_o appetite_n and_o fortitude_n be_v the_o constancy_n and_o magnanimity_n of_o the_o will_v requisite_a to_o keep_v one_o just_a neither_o be_v fortitude_n a_o virtue_n different_a from_o temperance_n for_o whereas_o of_o those_o two_o duty_n sustine_fw-la &_o abstine_fw-la to_o sustain_v and_o to_o abstain_v the_o first_o which_o be_v resist_a opposition_n be_v ascribe_v to_o fortitude_n the_o other_o which_o be_v abstain_v from_o the_o enticement_n of_o sin_n be_v reserve_v unto_o temperance_n yet_o both_o belong_v equal_o to_o fortitude_n see_v there_o be_v as_o much_o if_o not_o more_o strength_n of_o mind_n requisite_a to_o stand_v out_o against_o allure_a temptation_n as_o to_o encounter_v violent_a opposition_n there_o be_v then_o two_o virtue_n in_o all_o the_o one_o intellectual_a which_o be_v prudence_n the_o other_o moral_a which_o be_v justice_n i_o have_v speak_v of_o the_o first_o and_o this_o whole_a treatise_n be_v 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