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A51181 Essays of Michael, seigneur de Montaigne in three books, with marginal notes and quotations of the cited authors, and an account of the author's life / new rendered into English by Charles Cotton, Esq.; Essais. English Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592.; Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687. 1685 (1685) Wing M2479; ESTC R2740 998,422 2,006

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only_o that_o a_o man_n may_v conclude_v no_o man_n not_o very_o fit_a to_o treat_v of_o theological_a affair_n a_o true_a prayer_n and_o religious_a reconcile_n of_o ourselves_o to_o almighty_a god_n can_v enter_v into_o a_o impure_a soul_n and_o at_o the_o very_a instant_n subject_v to_o the_o very_a dominion_n of_o satan_n he_o who_o call_v god_n to_o his_o assistance_n whilst_o in_o a_o habit_n of_o vice_n do_v as_o if_o a_o cutpurse_n shall_v call_v a_o magistrate_n to_o help_v he_o or_o like_o those_o who_o introduce_v the_o name_n of_o god_n to_o the_o attestation_n of_o a_o lie_n tacito_fw-la mala_fw-la vota_fw-la susurro_fw-la concipimus_fw-la 5._o in_o whisper_v we_o do_v guilty_a prayer_n make_v there_o be_v few_o man_n who_o dare_v publish_v to_o the_o world_n the_o prayer_n they_o make_v to_o almighty_a god_n haud_fw-la cuivis_fw-la promptum_fw-la est_fw-la murmurque_fw-la humilesque_fw-la susurros_fw-la 2._o tollere_fw-la de_fw-la templis_fw-la &_o aperto_fw-la vivere_fw-la voto_fw-la it_o be_v not_o convenient_a for_o every_o one_o to_o bring_v the_o prayer_n he_o mutter_v over_o there_o out_o of_o the_o temple_n to_o the_o public_a ear._n and_o ●h●s_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o the_o pythagorean_n will_v have_v they_o always_o public_a to_o be_v hear_v by_o every_o one_o to_o the_o end_n they_o may_v not_o prefer_v indecent_a or_o unjust_a petition_n as_o he_o do_v who_o have_v 10._o clare_n cum_fw-la dixit_fw-la apollo_n labra_fw-la movet_fw-la metuens_fw-la audiri_fw-la pulcra_fw-la laverna_n dam_fw-la mihi_fw-la fallere_fw-la da_fw-la justum_fw-la sanctumque_fw-la videri_fw-la noctem_fw-la peccatis_fw-la &_o fraudibus_fw-la objice_fw-la nubem_fw-la apollo_n name_n pronounce_v aloud_o for_o fear_v any_o his_o orison_n shall_v overhear_v muster_v betwixt_o his_o tooth_n laverna_n great_a grant_v i_o the_o talon_n to_o deceive_v and_o cheat_n all_o i_o shall_v have_v to_o do_v with_o every_o where_o yet_o all_o the_o while_n holy_a and_o 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the_o contexture_n sound_n and_o jingle_v of_o word_n or_o upon_o the_o compose_n of_o the_o countenance_n for_o have_v the_o soul_n contaminate_v with_o concupiscence_n not_o touch_v with_o repentance_n or_o comfort_v by_o any_o late_a reconciliation_n with_o almighty_a god_n we_o go_v to_o present_v he_o such_o word_n as_o the_o memory_n suggest_v to_o the_o tongue_n and_o hope_v from_o thence_o to_o obtain_v the_o remission_n of_o our_o sin_n there_o be_v nothing_o so_o easy_a so_o sweet_a and_o so_o favourable_a as_o the_o divine_a law_n she_o call_v and_o invite_v we_o to_o she_o guilty_a and_o abominable_a as_o we_o be_v extend_v her_o arm_n and_o receive_v we_o into_o her_o bosom_n as_o foul_a and_o pollute_a as_o we_o at_o present_a be_v and_o be_v for_o the_o future_a to_o be_v but_o then_o in_o return_n we_o be_v to_o look_v upon_o she_o with_o a_o respective_a and_o a_o graceful_a eye_n we_o be_v to_o receive_v this_o pardon_n with_o all_o imaginable_a gratitude_n and_o 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