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satisfactory_a punishment_n have_v a_o wonderful_a virtue_n to_o divert_v penitent_n from_o sin_n and_o serve_v as_o a_o bridle_n to_o withdraw_v they_o and_o teach_v they_o to_o have_v a_o great_a guard_n for_o the_o future_a beside_o they_o cure_v those_o relic_n and_o disorder_n which_o sin_n have_v leave_v in_o the_o soul_n and_o root_v out_o the_o vicious_a habit_n contract_v by_o a_o disorderly_a way_n of_o live_v in_o these_o last_o word_n the_o council_n comprehend_v a_o three_o reason_n which_o they_o draw_v from_o the_o wholesome_a effect_n which_o follow_v from_o satisfaction_n which_o be_v the_o correction_n of_o past_a fault_n and_o amendment_n of_o penitent_n for_o the_o future_a they_o add_v yet_o two_o more_o viz._n that_o the_o work_n of_o penance_n due_o perform_v be_v a_o powerful_a mean_n to_o avert_v the_o punishment_n which_o the_o divine_a justice_n have_v prepare_v in_o readiness_n to_o throw_v upon_o we_o and_o that_o by_o these_o pain_n which_o we_o suffer_v 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penance_n depend_v upon_o two_o person_n the_o priest_n that_o impose_v it_o and_o the_o penitent_a who_o accept_v and_o perform_v it_o there_o be_v certain_a condition_n which_o it_o ought_v to_o have_v on_o either_o side_n i_o shall_v speak_v brief_o of_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o that_o not_o only_o the_o penitent_n may_v know_v what_o he_o ought_v to_o
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much_o the_o one_o to_o see_v a_o great_a warrior_n after_o he_o have_v serve_v a_o long_a time_n in_o the_o campagne_n reduce_v to_o poverty_n the_o other_o to_o see_v a_o wise_a man_n despise_v instead_o of_o be_v esteem_v according_a to_o his_o merit_n but_o he_o add_v that_o the_o three_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o endure_v and_o that_o it_o cause_n in_o he_o a_o transport_v of_o the_o high_a wrath_n that_o be_v to_o see_v a_o man_n who_o fall_v from_o the_o state_n of_o justice_n and_o sanctity_n to_o that_o of_o sin_n and_o who_o abandon_v virtue_n to_o follow_v vice_n and_o he_o assure_v we_o that_o god_n will_v make_v that_o person_n feel_v one_o day_n the_o effect_n of_o his_o justice_n in_o another_o place_n he_o exclaim_v against_o those_o who_o forsake_v the_o path_n of_o virtue_n and_o give_v themselves_o over_o to_o vice._n eccle._n 2.16_o woe_n be_v to_o you_o who_o have_v forsake_v the_o right_a and_o have_v decline_v into_o perverse_a way_n what_o will_v you_o do_v when_o god_n shall_v examine_v your_o way_n and_o all_o the_o action_n of_o your_o life_n the_o apostle_n st_n peter_n 2._o ep._n 2.20_o inveigh_v with_o much_o zeal_n against_o those_o who_o return_v to_o sin_n after_o they_o have_v renounce_v it_o by_o the_o profession_n of_o christianity_n and_o declare_v that_o they_o fall_v back_o into_o a_o far_o worse_a state_n or_o condition_n than_o the_o former_a from_o whence_o they_o be_v deliver_v by_o their_o conversion_n which_o be_v a_o state_n of_o darkness_n and_o sin._n that_o it_o have_v be_v better_a for_o they_o they_o have_v never_o know_v the_o truth_n than_o to_o have_v forsake_v it_o after_o they_o have_v know_v it_o that_o their_o relapse_n into_o sin_n make_v they_o resemble_v the_o dog_n which_o return_v to_o his_o vomit_n and_o the_o hog_n which_o after_o he_o have_v be_v wash_v wallow_v in_o the_o mire_n what_o can_v be_v more_o emphatical_o say_v against_o the_o relapse_n into_o sin_n yet_o it_o be_v the_o holy_a ghost_n 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