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evil_a though_o they_o be_v no_o help_n to_o the_o dead_a yet_o they_o be_v consolation_n such_o as_o they_o be_v to_o the_o live_n and_o to_o such_o as_o they_o be_v profitable_a unto_o it_o be_v either_o that_o they_o may_v have_v full_a remission_n or_o that_o their_o very_a damnation_n may_v be_v more_o tolerable_a upon_o this_o chapter_n thus_o say_v danaeus_n hoc_fw-la totum_fw-la caput_fw-la continet_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d augustini_fw-la and_o after_o he_o add_v itaque_fw-la hic_fw-la foenum_fw-la &_o stipulam_fw-la aedificat_fw-la vir_fw-la pius_fw-la &_o magnus_fw-la but_o you_o you_o say_v have_v rather_o follow_v s._n augustine_n be_v opinion_n than_o his_o censure_n perhaps_o as_o one_o say_v rather_o err_v with_o plato_n than_o hold_v the_o truth_n with_o other_o if_o that_o be_v your_o resolution_n what_o shall_v we_o