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hand_n all_o which_o denote_v that_o repentance_n be_v concern_v all_o offence_n of_o thought_n word_n or_o deed._n so_o come_v contrition_n from_o within_o confession_n out_o of_o our_o mouth_n and_o satisfaction_n from_o our_o hand_n to_o make_v up_o a_o real_a repentance_n hear_v isidore-delive_a his_o sentence_n poenitentia_fw-la est_fw-la medicamentum_fw-la vulneris_fw-la spes_fw-la salutis_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la deus_fw-la ad_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la provocatur_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la temporâ—_fw-la pensatur_fw-la sed_fw-la profunditate_fw-la luctus_n &_o lachrymarum_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la mensium_fw-la ac_fw-la temporum_fw-la cursu_fw-la pensatur_fw-la sed_fw-la poenâ_fw-la quâ_fw-la animâ_fw-la cruciatur_fw-la &_o mortificatur_fw-la caro_fw-la repentance_n be_v the_o balsam_n for_o a_o wound_n the_o hope_n of_o health_n whereby_o god_n be_v provoke_v to_o mercy_n which_o be_v not_o regard_v for_o the_o length_n of_o time_n but_o the_o depth_n of_o 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need_n of_o cure_n himself_o have_v a_o care_n of_o a_o ignis_fw-la fatuus_fw-la a_o false_a light_n that_o seem_v a_o spirit_n too_o that_o vapour_n may_v lead_v thou_o to_o thy_o great_a hazard_n into_o ditch_n and_o water_n into_o dangerous_a opinion_n into_o a_o multitude_n of_o error_n into_o a_o boundless_a flood_n of_o sorrow_n into_o the_o bottomless_a pit_n of_o despair_n have_v thou_o as_o thou_o think_v a_o intolerable_a burden_n upon_o thy_o soul_n have_v thou_o a_o grievous_a load_n upon_o thy_o conscience_n some_o sin_n that_o make_v it_o all_o darkness_n within_o thou_o that_o thou_o can_v neither_o hold_v up_o head_n to_o heavy_o offend_a heaven_n nor_o open_v thy_o mouth_n to_o say_v so_o much_o as_o one_o lord_n have_v mercy_n upon_o i_o it_o be_v very_o sad_a with_o thou_o indeed_o the_o dumb_a spirit_n have_v take_v too_o much_o possession_n in_o thou_o of_o thou_o or_o be_v thy_o melancholy_a senseless_a thou_o know_v not_o why_o nor_o what_o direct_o it_o be_v 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in_o meditation_n and_o contemplation_n consist_v not_o perfection_n say_v in_o amando_fw-la deum_fw-la but_o in_o love_a god_n contemplation_n be_v a_o work_n of_o the_o understanding_n the_o way_n and_o the_o mean_n to_o perfection_n not_o it._n in_o elevando_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la nostram_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la per_fw-la divinam_fw-la unionem_fw-la et_fw-la amorem_fw-la supremum_fw-la consistit_fw-la perfectio_fw-la perfection_n consist_v in_o the_o resignation_n of_o our_o will_n in_o the_o elevation_n of_o our_o affection_n by_o divine_a union_n and_o transcendent_a love_n to_o god_n the_o understanding_n find_v not_o the_o soul_n meat_n but_o make_v it_o ready_a s._n gregory_n in_o his_o moral_n deliver_v himself_o excellent_o and_o in_o part_n to_o our_o purpose_n si_fw-mi à _fw-la domo_fw-la mentis_fw-la ad_fw-la monumentum_fw-la ratio_fw-la discedat_fw-la quasi_fw-la absente_n dominâ_fw-la cogitationum_fw-la clamare_fw-la velut_fw-la garrula_fw-la ancillarum_fw-la turba_fw-la multiplicat_fw-la ut_fw-la autem_fw-la ratio_fw-la ad_fw-la mentem_fw-la redierit_fw-la mox_fw-la se_fw-la confusio_fw-la tumultuosa_fw-la compescit_fw-la et_fw-la quasi_fw-la ancillae_fw-la se_fw-la