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the_o sword_n or_o make_v gallyslave_n whole_a nation_n root_v out_o the_o temple_n whereas_o divinity_n dwell_v profane_v the_o altar_n beat_v down_o and_o whatsoever_o be_v most_o holy_a and_o most_o reverend_a among_o man_n unworthy_o violate_v and_o they_o shall_v find_v that_o all_o these_o tragical_a spectacle_n be_v the_o effect_n of_o that_o cruel_a and_o inhuman_a fury_n but_o set_v apart_o the_o horror_n of_o the_o effect_n which_o she_o produce_v general_o let_v we_o observe_v the_o misery_n whereof_o she_o be_v the_o cause_n in_o private_a person_n that_o suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v transport_v with_o this_o passion_n first_o then_o if_o the_o say_n of_o physician_n be_v true_a that_o of_o all_o the_o infirmity_n wherewith_o we_o be_v afflict_v there_o be_v none_o worse_o nor_o more_o dangerous_a than_o those_o which_o disfigure_v the_o face_n of_o man_n and_o which_o make_v it_o deform_v and_o unlike_a unto_o himself_o we_o must_v conclude_v by_o the_o same_o reason_n 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passion_n the_o sovereign_a remedy_n be_v to_o cast_v our_o eye_n upon_o the_o example_n of_o patience_n which_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n and_o the_o saint_n have_v teach_v we_o in_o this_o world_n and_o especial_o to_o fix_v they_o upon_o those_o which_o the_o son_n of_o god_n have_v leave_v we_o who_o be_v outrage_v by_o man_n do_v not_o curse_v they_o be_v persecute_v he_o do_v not_o threaten_v his_o excutioner_n be_v crucify_v he_o pray_v for_o his_o enemy_n and_o who_o in_o the_o end_n by_o a_o philosophy_n far_o different_a from_o that_o of_o the_o world_n have_v put_v our_o salvation_n in_o his_o cross_n our_o triumph_n in_o his_o reproach_n and_o our_o glory_n in_o his_o punishment_n of_o mildness_n and_o gentleness_n chap._n 1._o as_o choler_n enflame_v man_n to_o revenge_n transport_v he_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o many_o time_n he_o seem_v to_o be_v deprive_v of_o all_o kind_n of_o humanity_n and_o that_o it_o have_v convert_v he_o into_o a_o savage_a and_o cruel_a beast_n 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