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he_o ought_v to_o be_v a_o angel_n 488_o 6._o who_o be_v the_o most_o disinteressed_n directour_n the_o pastor_n or_o the_o cenobite_n 491_o 7._o difference_n betwixt_o the_o pastor_n and_o the_o mercenary_a 497_o 8._o of_o virtue_n exercise_v by_o sally_n or_o by_o continuation_n 503_o 9_o that_o charity_n of_o obligation_n and_o pastoral_n excel_v cenoâ—itieall_a vow_n 510_o 10._o the_o touchstone_n of_o true_a charity_n be_v the_o charge_n of_o soul_n 520_o 11._o that_o maintenance_n be_v due_a unto_o pastor_n by_o justice_n unto_o cenobite_n only_o by_o favour_n 527_o 12._o a_o demonstration_n of_o the_o revenue_n of_o pastor_n and_o cenobite_n 533_o 13._o the_o deplorable_a condition_n of_o a_o certain_a pastor_n 544_o 14._o a_o sigh_n upon_o this_o misery_n 551_o 15._o of_o foundation-hunter_n 593_o 16._o the_o free_a service_n of_o cenobite_n 568_o the_o sixth_o part._n chap._n 1._o spiritual_a hunter_n and_o fisher_n 574_o chap._n 2._o of_o the_o choice_n of_o a_o director_n 577._o 3._o industrious_a advantage_n of_o cenobite_n their_o union_n 580_o 4._o their_o glitter_a virtue_n 588_o 5._o their_o defect_n be_v judicious_o conceal_v 595_o 7._o that_o the_o contempt_n of_o paslour_n be_v a_o great_a fault_n 603_o 7._o the_o division_n of_o pastor_n and_o of_o cenobite_n 607_o 8._o a_o evident_a demonstration_n 615_o 9_o a_o say_n of_o a_o holy_a personage_n 10._o the_o principal_a design_n of_o this_o treatise_n 621_o 11._o what_o it_o be_v to_o aid_v the_o simple_a in_o the_o choice_n of_o a_o director_n 625_o 12._o that_o this_o choice_n be_v necessary_a 627_o 13._o that_o it_o wound_n not_o confidence_n 611_o 14._o answer_n to_o some_o objection_n 635_o 15._o a_o advice_n touch_v this_o work_n 643_o chap._n 16._o a_o protestation_n and_o conclusion_n 652_o the_o spiritvall_a director_n disinterest_v the_o first_o parte_fw-la chap._n i._n the_o occasion_n of_o this_o treatise_n there_o be_v some_o year_n past_a since_o i_o be_v call_v unto_o one_o of_o the_o great_a city_n of_o this_o kingdom_n next_o unto_o paris_n for_o the_o distribution_n of_o the_o bread_n of_o the_o sacred_a word_n dure_v the_o time_n of_o advent_a and_o lent_n among_o the_o ear_n of_o corn_n which_o ripen_v in_o this_o harvest_n a_o person_n worthy_a of_o regard_n and_o true_o full_a of_o honour_n &_o piety_n desire_v some_o particular_a assistance_n from_o i_o for_o the_o guide_v of_o her_o interior_a her_o ordinary_a confessor_n be_v a_o venerable_a priest_n of_o her_o parish_n one_o of_o sufficient_a capacity_n and_o most_o exemplar_n life_n she_o have_v for_o director_n à _fw-fr famous_a preacher_n of_o a_o most_o austere_a order_n but_o such_o as_o do_v not_o apply_v itself_o unto_o the_o administration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o penance_n i_o find_v this_o soul_n other_o way_n solid_o devout_a in_o that_o anguish_n of_o spirit_n which_o job_n call_v a_o certain_a hange_v or_o suspension_n not_o in_o the_o suspension_n of_o power_n whereof_o the_o 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