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39.8_o faith_n math._n 23.23_o john_n 6._o &_o 8._o heb._n 11.1_o act._n 15.9_o gal._n 4.6_o ephes_n 1.4_o act._n 19_o rom._n 8.1_o 1._o cor._n 13.2_o 2._o thes_n 1.3_o mat._n 6.8_o joh._n 14.1_o 2._o cor._n 1.3_o ephe._n 6.16_o ephes_n 6.14_o zechar._n 8.16_o ephes_n 4.15_o plato_n zenophon_n a_o king_n to_o be_v faithful_a aristotle_n isaiah_n 32.1_o frederick_n emperor_n charles_n the_o 5_o emperor_n christ_n jesus_n the_o son_n shine_v of_o justice_n john_n 14.6_o john_n 8.45_o the_o devil_n a_o father_n of_o lie_n job._n 24.13_o 1._o tim._n 3.15_o lactantius_n gen._n 7.21_o cicero_n to_o what_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o law_n tend_v deut._n 6.14_o how_o man_n become_v happy_a the_o end_n of_o all_o art_n joh._n 3.19_o john_n 3.11_o all_o virtue_n hold_v a_o mean_a democritus_n speech_n euripides_n plato_n method_n photion_n ecclesiast_fw-la what_o in_o speech_n be_v to_o be_v consider_v proverb_n 27.2_o august_n upon_o the_o psalm_n 85_o not_o to_o be_v unthankful_a for_o 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sam._n 16.7_o isaiah_n 29.13_o job._n 8.13_o the_o duty_n of_o man_n towards_o god_n diogenes_n confession_n of_o sin_n a_o remedy_n ad_fw-la pop_n ho._n 24._o psal_n 32.2_o john_n 18.37_o 1._o john_n 2.1_o rom._n 6.18_o 1._o thess_n 4.4_o 1._o cor._n 6.19_o jeremiah_n 5.3_o james._n 2.20_o luke_n 1.75_o titus_n 2.11_o 1._o john_n psalm_n 130.4_o de_fw-fr la._n &_o vita_fw-la be_v 1._o ch_n 6._o the_o effect_n of_o good_a work_n 2._o pet._n 1.10_o mat._n 5.16_o 1._o timoth._n 1._o 2._o cor._n 9.2_o gal._n 5.22_o ephes_n 4.4_o 1._o thes_n 5.22_o cantie_a 5.3_o integrity_n of_o life_n require_v in_o a_o christian_n col._n 3.1_o phil._n 4.5_o 2._o tim._n 2.1_o phil._n 4.8_o cor._n 7.1.2_o ephes_n 4.20_o tit._n 8.16_o mat._n 7.20_o col._n 1.10_o hindrance_n to_o the_o truth_n charity_n de_fw-fr doct_n ch_n lib._n 1._o car_n 23._o man_n be_v not_o only_o bear_v for_o himself_o nilus_n a_o bishop_n two_o sort_n of_o christian_n isaiah_n 52._o psal_n 4.1_o &_o 119._o god_n be_v blaspheme_v and_o dishonour_v by_o our_o wickedness_n the_o cruelty_n of_o the_o spaniard_n towards_o the_o indian_n advertisement_n to_o amend_v our_o life_n godly_a exercise_n mat._n 25_o 34._o 2._o cor._n 9.8_o 1._o tim._n 6.18_o exod._n 18_o 21._o who_o ought_v to_o be_v ruler_n exod._n 27.30_o urim_n pythagoras_n demosthenes_n pythagoras_n epaminondas_n pyndarus_n pyrrhus_n fabritius_n bishop_n in_o time_n past_a zachar._n psal_n 38.56.135_o isaiah_n 54._o demonar_n king_n john_n titus_n livius_n attilius_n regulus_n antiochus_n ptolemy_n epiphanes_n popilius_n cato_n custom_n of_o the_o roman_n scipio_n asiaticus_n a_o good_a advice_n of_o a_o liar_n reject_v artabanus_n judge_v of_o the_o controversy_n between_o xerxes_n and_o ariamenes_n parliament_n of_o paris_n leather_n money_n cyrus_n zonare_fw-la wherein_o a_o princess_n treasor_n most_o consist_v king_n francis_n 1_o henry_n 2._o prince_n true_n and_o keep_v their_o promise_n belove_v of_o their_o subject_n king_n pharamonde_fw-fr name_v warmond_n xenephon_n have_v of_o prince_n isocrates_n marcus_n antonius_n faith_n once_o break_v of_o what_o importance_n king_n attalus_n caesar_n cicinnatus_fw-la augustus_n the_o roman_n performer_n of_o their_o promise_n joshua_n 9_o 20._o when_o faith_n be_v break_v remedy_n nice_a shamefastness_n zeno._n notable_a example_n not_o to_o grant_v that_o be_v unjust_a rutilius_n agesilaus_n alexander_n frederick_n sigismond_n the_o punishment_n &_o vengeance_n upon_o such_o as_o break_v their_o faith_n 2._o king_n 25.7_o caracalla_n justinian_n cleomenes_n ladislaus_n cardinal_n julian._n frenchman_n adrian_z pope_n alexander_n 6._o pope_n julius_n 2._o pope_n andronicus_n conneus_n joy_n sforce_o michael_n paleologue_n charles_n duke_n of_o burgundy_n gregory_n 7._o pope_n rodolph_n emperor_n christian_n king_n of_o danemarke_n richard_n the_o 3._o king_n of_o england_n boccace_n cato_n cardinal_z caraffe_n trouble_v cause_v by_o religion_n how_o a_o man_n may_v dispense_v with_o a_o promise_n new_a matter_n &_o strange_a new_a and_o strange_a counsel_n l._n 6._o de_fw-fr iurieur_fw-fr judge_n 11.30_o alexander_n l._n placuit_fw-la l._n de_fw-fr iudi_fw-la necessity_n the_o mother_n of_o dispensation_n the_o effect_n of_o truth_n ezech._n 2.6_o zecha_n 8.3_o 5.8_o poneropolis_n a_o city_n build_v by_o k._n philip._n praise_v of_o frenchman_n 1._o dec._n l._n 5._o rhenanus_fw-la agathius_n odo_n regino_n chron._n l._n 1._o v._n 32._o frenchmen_n prefer_v before_o almain_n frenchmen_n blame_v plato_n law_n not_o to_o be_v alter_v the_o counsel_n of_o the_o persian_n daniel_n 6.8_o ester_n 8_o 8._o diodorus_n demosthenes_n marseilles_n pale_a l._n 2._o ch_n 15._o paulus_n aemilius_n plato_n xenophon_n change_v a_o matter_n dangerous_a titus_n livius_n aristotle_n plato_n hydra_n orpheus_n i._o in_o rebus_fw-la de_fw-la consta_fw-la princi_fw-la bernarde_n galba_n emperor_n plutarque_n pausanias_n solon_n nomothete_n in_o greece_n thucydides_n gellius_n l._n 12._o cap._n 1._o colum_fw-la l_o 2._o c._n 4._o plato_n 4._o de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la decad_n 4._o terence_n solon_n l._n 2._o c._n 3._o de_fw-la baptis_fw-la come_v don._n policy_n in_o a_o prince_n plutarque_n tacitus_n titus_n livius_n cicero_n hipocrates_n guychardine_n a_o true_a writer_n justifi_v the_o frencheman_n &_o condemn_v the_o venetian_n the_o inconstancy_n of_o stranger_n auentin_n crans_n italian_a prudence_n italian_n writer_n not_o of_o credit_n jerosme_n beuzo_n of_o dance_v â—_o 3._o c._n 8._o prou._n 4.26_o â—_o aut_fw-la damnat_fw-la de_fw-fr panis_fw-la heb._n 11.25_o prou._n 6.27_o isaiah_n dance_v condemn_v by_o the_o doctor_n of_o the_o church_n basil_n chrysostome_n s._n ambrose_n augustine_n inconvenience_n happen_v by_o dance_v k._n charles_n 6._o origen_n plutarcke_o judg._n 21.23_o council_n 30._o &_o 33._o exod._n 16.29_o &_o 31.13_o deut._n 5.14_o levit._fw-la 23.3_o heb._n 3.11_o &_o 4.3_o 1._o cor._n 5.8_o isaiah_n 66.23_o why_o holy_a day_n be_v ordain_v coloss_n isaiah_n 58.13_o profane_v of_o holy_a day_n math._n 12.36_o isaiah_n 1.14_o amos_n 5.21_o &_o 8.10_o antisthenes_n plea_n and_o sayte_n chilo_n all_o nation_n note_v of_o vice_n and_o imperfection_n civil_a war_n choler_n and_o headiness_n enemy_n to_o good_a counsel_n thorough_o to_o consider_v of_o our_o deliberation_n and_o enterprise_n iphicrates_n exercise_n of_o what_o efficacy_n and_o force_n the_o end_n of_o the_o birth_n of_o man_n pro._n 21_o 5._o &_o 29.20_o constancy_n justice_n temperance_n good_a counsel_n cause_v good_a success_n criminal_a cause_n l._n 3._o ch_n of_o the_o warreof_o the_o jeuves_fw-mi li._n 2._o ch_n 16._o patience_n li._n 4._o ch_n 1._o choler_n a_o custom_n to_o evil_a most_o dangerous_a fabius_n surname_v the_o linguerer_n scipio_n to_o estrange_v ourselves_o from_o filthy_a talk_n &_o company_n eph._n 5_o 4_o tit._n 2._o tim._n 5._o eccles_n 7_o 2._o eccles_n cassiodorus_n lib._n 5._o not_o to_o much_o to_o love_v one_o self_n isocrates_n basil_n come_v li._n 7_o obedience_n thucydides_n damage_n in_o war_n war_o discipline_n author_n of_o war_n punish_v war_n unnecessary_a murder_n archidamus_n xenophon_n augustus_n study_v in_o learning_n xenocrates_n socrates_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o body_n theophrastes_n plutarque_n dissolutnesse_n to_o refrain_v our_o concupiscence_n prover._n monster_n subdue_v revenge_n forbid_v mat._n 5.5_o joh._n 4.20_o not_o to_o differ_v alexander_n diligence_n of_o caesar_n religion_n eph._n 4_o 14._o heb._n 13.6_o philosopher_n despiser_n of_o the_o world_n christian_n nature_n content_v with_o little_a possidonius_fw-la man_n life_n compare_v to_o a_o game_n at_o draught_n not_o to_o care_n for_o to_o morrow_v vessel_n in_o heaven_n full_a of_o desteneis_fw-la what_o profit_n ensue_v the_o contempt_n of_o riches_n and_o pleasure_n pheraulas_n anacreon_n zeno._n philoxenes_n seneca_n anacharsis_n scipio_n epaminundas_fw-la camillus_n hope_v of_o the_o christian_n hosea_n 11._o rom._n 8.28_o eccles_n 39.27_o cicero_n plato_n 2._o king_n 4.41_o exod._n 15.25_o exod._n 3.2_o world_o accident_n how_o easy_a to_o be_v bear_v rom._n 8.33_o job._n 5.18_o contentment_n and_o true_a riches_n a_o public_a &_o solemn_a prayer_n change_v by_o scipio_n antiochus_n philip_n k._n of_o macedon_n god_n do_v deprive_v we_o of_o such_o thing_n as_o we_o be_v to_o far_o in_o love_n with_o for_o our_o own_o good_a mat._n 6.20_o the_o mean_a be_v to_o be_v keep_v both_o in_o prosperity_n and_o adversity_n judge_n 14.8_o the_o abuse_n of_o gift_n and_o grace_n of_o god_n true_a riches_n in_o heaven_n ecclesiast_fw-la psal_n 112.7_o the_o benefit_n of_o adversity_n povertie_n a_o singular_a gift_n of_o god_n riches_n a_o occasion_n of_o the_o ruin_n of_o many_o prou_z 2._o &_o 14_o man_n more_o give_v to_o naughtiness_n than_o goodness_n jerem._n 32.41_o hosea_n 2.6_o affliction_n the_o saulce_a of_o prayer_n a_o wise_a man_n in_o each_o fortune_n behave_v himself_o alike_o content_a with_o little_a chrysostom_n to_o what_o end_n wealth_n serve_v apollonius_n goodness_n and_o riches_n seldom_o couple_v together_o diogenes_n seneca_n matth._n 5.3_o prosperity_n doubt_v and_o suspect_v k._n amasias_n s._n ambrose_n s._n jerom._n s._n chrisostom_n exod._n 12.26_o &_o 13.8_o &_o 14._o deut._n 4.25_o &_o 6.7_o &_o 7.3_o eph._n 6.4_o the_o instruction_n of_o child_n command_v moral_a virtue_n common_a school_n erect_v alexander_n commines_fw-la leo_fw-la emperor_n guichardin_n li._n 10._o sophroniste_n learning_n praise_v of_o silence_n and_o few_o word_n pythagoras_n his_o scholar_n lycurgus_n the_o law_n giver_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n the_o answer_n of_o k._n francis_n the_o great_a cato_n piso_n goose_n crane_n and_o quail_n calisthenes_n simonides_n xenocrates_n apollonius_n k._n philip_n the_o fair_a k._n francis_n 1._o zeno._n speech_n hardly_o temper_v alexandridas_n cleomenes_n philip_n king_n of_o macedon_n prou._n 17.27_o harpocrates_n angerona_n pembo_fw-mi psal_n 39.1_o custom_n observe_v in_o receive_v a_o cardinal_n amb._n lib._n 2._o the_o virgin_n metallus_fw-la charles_n 8._o antigonus_n k._n lycimachus_n proverb_n 25.3_o eccl._n 27.16_o alexander_n ephestion_n pompey_n anacharsis_n