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a_o monument_n and_o anoint_v it_o with_o oil_n if_o in_o this_o monument_n so_o erect_v he_o adore_v god_n after_o he_o have_v see_v a_o miraculous_a vision_n in_o that_o place_n if_o upon_o his_o awake_n he_o say_v this_o place_n be_v true_o holy_a not_o that_o he_o think_v there_o be_v any_o holiness_n inherent_a in_o it_o but_o because_o the_o holy_a lord_n have_v there_o vouchsafe_v to_o appear_v why_o i_o pray_v you_o may_v not_o every_o man_n by_o faith_n sound_a and_o sincere_a consider_v god_n as_o intimate_o present_a in_o every_o thing_n that_o be_v and_o adore_v god_n with_o it_o and_o in_o it_o and_o with_o this_o intention_n make_v choice_n of_o what_o creature_n he_o list_v for_o a_o monument_n or_o remembrancer_n of_o god_n presence_n 10._o praeterea_fw-la creatura_fw-la irrationalis_fw-la et_fw-la inanimata_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la materia_fw-la iuramenti_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la actus_fw-la religionis_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la dum_fw-la per_fw-la illam_fw-la 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