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vetustas_fw-la funere_fw-la maius_fw-la habet_fw-la seris_fw-la nec_fw-la proseret_fw-la annis_fw-la posteritas_fw-la magnique_fw-la necem_fw-la mirabitur_fw-la instar_fw-la prodigij_fw-la regina_fw-la tuam_fw-la sed_fw-la gloria_fw-la maior_fw-la quo_fw-la tibiculpa_fw-la minor_fw-la tantoque_fw-la celebrius_fw-la orbe_fw-la nomen_fw-la erit_fw-la quanto_fw-la fidei_fw-la constantia_fw-la maior_fw-la dum_fw-la iugulum_fw-la petit_fw-la intrepidum_fw-la scelarata_fw-la securis_fw-la quae_fw-la tibi_fw-la mens_fw-la tum_fw-la lictor_fw-la erat_fw-la cum_fw-la verbere_fw-la crudo_fw-la colla_n secas_fw-la quae_fw-la nec_fw-la 104.15_o nec_fw-la nolite_fw-la tangere_fw-la christos_n meos_fw-la psal_n 104.15_o manibus_fw-la contingere_fw-la fas_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-mi marium_n post_fw-la teutonicos_fw-la morsipsa_fw-la triumphos_fw-la pavit_fw-la &_o attonito_fw-la percussor_n constitit_fw-la ore_fw-la tu_fw-la mariam_n vita_fw-la privas_fw-la nec_fw-la torpuit_fw-la ictus_fw-la 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which_o â—â—t_n anger_n 23._o anger_n semper_fw-la quasi_fw-la tumentes_fw-la super_fw-la i_o fluctus_fw-la timui_fw-la dominun_n &_o pondus_fw-la eiê°_n sustinere_fw-la non_fw-la potui_fw-la job._n c._n 31._o v._n 23._o job_n do_v confess_v he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o endure_v seem_v to_o be_v overwhelm_v therewith_o as_o with_o a_o sea_n of_o wave_n wish_v to_o be_v rather_o for_o a_o time_n in_o hell_n then_o to_o appear_v before_o that_o terrible_a bench_n so_o hearty_o do_v he_o appeal_v from_o the_o rigour_n of_o god_n justice_n to_o the_o sweetness_n of_o his_o mercy_n which_o chancery_n of_o mercy_n the_o high_a court_n of_o the_o divine_a providence_n be_v require_v not_o to_o rectify_v what_o be_v wrong_a but_o to_o mitigate_v what_o may_v be_v just_o severe_a in_o his_o judgement_n wherefore_o the_o bachelor_n account_v of_o this_o court_n as_o needless_a think_v man_n may_v be_v save_v by_o that_o of_o justice_n only_o seem_v to_o savour_n of_o extreme_a pride_n see_v s._n augustine_n say_v vae_fw-la etiam_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la laudabili_fw-la si_fw-la absque_fw-la misericordia_fw-la iudicetur_fw-la woe_n even_o to_o a_o man_n of_o holy_a and_o laudable_a life_n if_o the_o same_o be_v judge_v without_o mercy_n neither_o do_v i_o think_v our_o bachelor_n ignorant_a of_o this_o truth_n but_o his_o immoderate_a desire_n to_o wrest_v the_o metaphor_n of_o our_o author_n to_o blasphemous_a sense_n further_o than_o the_o word_n will_v endure_v do_v so_o blind_v he_o that_o he_o speak_v manifest_a blasphemy_n not_o know_v what_o he_o say_v 23._o the_o three_o and_o chief_a corruption_n of_o this_o place_n be_v by_o addition_n put_v these_o formal_a word_n into_o bernardinus_fw-la his_o sentence_n imo_fw-la &_o à _fw-la deo_fw-la one_o may_v appeal_v even_o from_o god_n himself_o 7._o himself_o psal_n 138._o v._n 7._o which_o bernardinus_fw-la have_v not_o but_o only_o that_o one_o may_v appeal_v unto_o that_o be_v invocate_v the_o bl._n virgin_n when_o the_o 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