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god_n in_o the_o psalm_n and_o st._n peter_n having_n escape_v the_o corruption_n that_o be_v in_o the_o world_n through_o lust_n give_v all_o diligence_n to_o add_v to_o your_o faith_n virtue_n to_o virtue_n patience_n to_o patience_n godliness_n and_o brotherly_a kindness_n and_o charity_n many_o person_n think_v themselves_o fair_o assoil_v because_o they_o be_v no_o adulterer_n no_o rebel_n no_o drunkard_n not_o of_o scandalous_a life_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n like_o the_o laodicean_n they_o be_v naked_a and_o poor_a they_o have_v no_o catalogue_n of_o good_a thing_n register_v in_o heaven_n no_o treasure_n in_o the_o repository_n of_o the_o poor_a neither_o have_v the_o poor_a often_o pray_v concern_v they_o lord_n remember_v thy_o servant_n for_o this_o thing_n at_o the_o day_n
manus_fw-la furiales_fw-la somm_n inquies_fw-la nocturna_fw-la as_o pliny_n reckon_v they_o paleness_n and_o hang_a cheek_n ulcer_n of_o the_o eye_n and_o tremble_a hand_n dead_a or_o distract_a sleep_n these_o speak_v aloud_o that_o to_o day_n you_o eat_v and_o drink_v that_o to_o morrow_n you_o may_v die_v and_o die_v for_o ever_o it_o be_v report_v concern_v socrates_n that_o when_o athens_n be_v destroy_v by_o the_o plague_n he_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o all_o the_o danger_n escape_v untouched_a by_o sickness_n because_o by_o a_o spare_a and_o severe_a diet_n he_o have_v within_o he_o no_o tumult_n of_o disorderly_a humour_n no_o faction_n in_o his_o blood_n no_o load_n of_o moisture_n prepare_v for_o charnel_n house_n or_o the_o sickly_a hospital_n but_o a_o vigorous_a heat_n and_o a_o well_o proportion_v radical_a moisture_n he_o have_v enough_o for_o health_n and_o study_n philosophy_n and_o religion_n for_o the_o temple_n and_o the_o academy_n but_o no_o superfluity_n to_o be_v spend_v in_o groan_n and_o sickly_a night_n and_o all_o the_o world_n of_o glutton_n be_v huge_o convince_v of_o the_o excellency_n of_o temperance_n in_o order_n to_o our_o temporal_a felicity_n and_o health_n because_o when_o themselves_o have_v leave_v virtue_n and_o sober_a diet_n and_o counsel_n and_o first_o lose_v their_o temperance_n and_o then_o lose_v their_o health_n they_o be_v force_v to_o run_v to_o temperance_n and_o abstinence_n for_o their_o cure_n vilis_fw-la enim_fw-la tenuisque_fw-la mensa_fw-la ut_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la pveri_fw-la sanitatis_fw-la chrysost._n mater_fw-la est_fw-la then_z a_o thin_a diet_n and_o a_o humble_a body_n fast_v and_o emptiness_n and_o art_n of_o scatter_v their_o sin_n and_o sickness_n be_v in_o season_n but_o by_o the_o same_o mean_n they_o may_v preserve_v their_o health_n by_o which_o they_o do_v restore_v it_o but_o when_o they_o be_v well_o if_o they_o return_v to_o their_o full_a table_n and_o oppress_a meal_n their_o sickness_n be_v 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