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advise_o think_v iâ—_n hâ—…_n hart_n 11_o hier._n 1â—_n 11_o my_o edesimus_fw-la if_o we_o yet_o retain_v any_o sense_n or_o understanding_n let_v we_o daily_o call_v to_o mind_n and_o ponder_v this_o one_o thing_n necessary_a eternity_n the_o conclusion_n of_o that_o which_o have_v be_v say_v concern_v the_o triumph_n over_o incontinency_n chap._n xii_o it_o be_v a_o terrible_a thing_n to_o be_v speak_v which_o s._n remigius_n bishop_n of_o rheims_n doubt_v not_o to_o affirm_v concern_v incontinency_n and_o concupiscence_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o flesh_n say_v he_o except_v little_a child_n very_o few_o among_o those_o of_o ripe_a year_n be_v save_v do_v but_o consider_v the_o state_n of_o the_o world_n and_o thou_o will_v admire_v to_o see_v it_o almost_o whole_o burn_v with_o this_o infernal_a fire_n there_o be_v searce_o any_o vice_n have_v cost_v mankind_n so_o deate_v as_o this_o of_o lust_n and_o incontinency_n it_o be_v a_o hydra_n a_o dragon_n that_o have_v 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become_v desperate_a and_o incurable_a fly_v â—h_a fly_n fly_v from_o whatsoever_o be_v prejudicial_a to_o chastity_n the_o second_o head_n the_o sin_n of_o the_o flesh_n be_v almost_o incurable_a in_o the_o time_n of_o no_o the_o whole_a world_n violent_o run_v after_o all_o that_o be_v forbid_v but_o chief_o obscene_a lust_n heerupon_o be_v those_o complaint_n make_v by_o almighty_a god_n 3._o gen._n â—_o 3._o my_o spirit_n shall_v not_o remain_v in_o man_n for_o ever_o quia_fw-la caro_fw-la est_fw-la because_o he_o be_v flesh_n all_o man_n no_n exept_v delight_v only_o in_o the_o flesh_n be_v whole_o carnal_a god_n loathe_a and_o detest_a this_o their_o foul_a and_o licentious_a intemperance_n notwithstanding_o he_o defer_v his_o revenge_n for_o the_o space_n of_o five_o hundred_o year_n in_o the_o interim_n he_o diverse_a time_n admonish_v they_o by_o no_n give_v order_n for_o the_o build_n of_o the_o ark_n rebuke_v their_o extreme_a malice_n foretell_v their_o destruction_n and_o 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to_o reject_v all_o remedy_n and_o contemptuous_o spurn_v at_o all_o admonition_n whereupon_o clemens_n alexandrâ—…us_n give_v it_o this_o proper_a epithet_n paedag_n lib._n â—_o paedag_n immedicabdem_n a_o incurable_a disease_n christ_n say_v in_o s._n mark_n be_v gospel_n 4.10_o marc._n 4.10_o the_o deceitfulnes_n of_o riches_n and_o concupiscence_n about_o other_o thing_n enâ—…ing_v aâ—_n choke_v the_o word_n and_o make_v it_o fruitless_a when_o a_o fire_n have_v once_o get_v into_o a_o wood_n there_o be_v no_o need_n to_o carry_v any_o more_o fuel_n to_o that_o which_o have_v such_o stoâ—e_n to_o maintâ—yne_v itself_o we_o miserable_a wretch_n be_v like_o a_o wood_n if_o the_o fire_n of_o lust_n once_o take_v hold_n of_o we_o it_o find_v continual_o new_a fuel_n whereby_o it_o be_v more_o &_o more_o augment_v and_o surest_o no_o vice_n so_o obstinate_o and_o stubborn_o resist_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n most_o plain_o do_v the_o wise_a man_n witness_n as_o much_o 21.18_o eccl._n 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