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oppression_n and_o robbery_n and_o such_o like_a but_o 43._o but_o matth._n 25.41_o 42_o 43._o against_o unmercifulnesse_n also_o and_o the_o not_o feed_v of_o the_o hungry_a the_o not_o lodging_n of_o the_o stranger_n the_o not_o clothe_v of_o the_o naked_a the_o not_o visit_v of_o the_o sick_a etc._n etc._n and_o so_o when_o we_o be_v to_o judge_v ourselves_o we_o must_v censure_v not_o only_o our_o hurt_v of_o our_o neighbour_n but_o our_o not_o help_v of_o he_o nor_o only_o our_o backbiting_a of_o our_o neighbour_n but_o our_o not_o defend_v of_o his_o good_a name_n nor_o only_o our_o persecute_v of_o god_n word_n but_o our_o not_o profit_v by_o it_o nor_o only_o our_o rob_n of_o the_o poor_a but_o our_o not_o relieve_n of_o they_o and_o so_o in_o all_o other_o the_o like_a case_n our_o not_o do_v of_o that_o which_o be_v good_a when_o duty_n do_v require_v it_o of_o we_o be_v culpable_a before_o god_n and_o be_v part_n of_o that_o matter_n about_o which_o our_o examination_n 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qui_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la memoriam_fw-la exuunt_fw-la chr._n hom_n 2._o in_o psal_n 50._o pag._n 1003._o d._n be_v use_v to_o forget_v their_o virtue_n and_o remember_v their_o sin_n not_o as_o man_n now_o a_o day_n say_v he_o do_v use_v to_o do_v who_o put_v their_o sin_n out_o of_o their_o remembrance_n and_o hereupon_o he_o advise_v we_o not_o long_o after_o in_o the_o same_o sermon_n d._n sermon_n anon_o codicem_fw-la domi_fw-la habes_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la quotidianas_fw-la rationes_fw-la scribas_fw-la habe_fw-la item_n codicem_fw-la in_o conscientia_fw-la et_fw-la quotidiana_fw-la peccata_fw-la scribe_n etc._n etc._n chrysost_o ibid._n p._n 1004._o d._n have_v thou_o not_o a_o book_n in_o thy_o house_n say_v he_o wherein_o thou_o write_v thy_o daily_a account_n have_v also_o a_o like_a book_n in_o thy_o conscience_n and_o write_v therein_o thy_o daily_a transgression_n i_o mean_v say_v he_o when_o thou_o lay_v thou_o down_o upon_o thy_o bed_n bring_v forth_o thy_o book_n and_o take_v a_o account_n of_o thy_o sin_n and_o to_o like_o purpose_n speak_v many_o other_o as_o may_v further_o be_v see_v in_o the_o next_o rule_n follow_v 3._o the_o time_n which_o learned_a and_o wise_a man_n have_v allot_v for_o this_o work_n be_v especial_o in_o the_o evening_n or_o at_o night_n because_o that_o time_n be_v a_o time_n of_o vacation_n and_o leisure_n for_o in_o the_o day_n time_n we_o have_v our_o trade_n to_o follow_v and_o our_o market_n to_o make_v and_o our_o law-suite_n to_o attend_v on_o and_o our_o friend_n to_o talk_v with_o and_o our_o family_n to_o provide_v for_o and_o one_o business_n or_o other_o will_v ever_o be_v come_v in_o the_o way_n and_o interrupt_v we_o but_o the_o night_n be_v a_o time_n of_o privatenes_n and_o retiredness_n when_o occasion_n of_o the_o world_n be_v overpass_o we_o have_v the_o more_o freedom_n to_o confer_v with_o our_o soul_n to_o this_o purpose_n it_o be_v that_o david_n take_v the_o night_n time_n to_o meditate_v in_o 119.55_o in_o psal_n 119.55_o i_o have_v remember_v thy_o name_n o_o lord_n in_o the_o night_n and_o have_v keep_v thy_o law_n and_o that_o time_n he_o take_v to_o lament_v his_o sin_n 6.6_o sin_n psal_n 6.6_o every_o night_n say_v he_o i_o make_v my_o bed_n to_o swim_v and_o water_v my_o couch_n with_o my_o tear_n and_o that_o time_n he_o take_v also_o to_o examine_v his_o soul_n in_o 77.6_o in_o psal_n 77.6_o i_o call_v to_o remembrance_n my_o song_n in_o the_o night_n i_o comune_v with_o my_o own_o heart_n etc._n etc._n and_o that_o time_n he_o bid_v we_o also_o take_v for_o the_o like_a purpose_n 4.4_o purpose_n psal_n 4.4_o commune_fw-la with_o your_o own_o heart_n upon_o your_o bed_n and_o be_v still_o upon_o which_o word_n of_o the_o prophet_n we_o have_v this_o note_n give_v we_o by_o st._n chrysostom_n d._n chrysostom_n post_fw-la coenom_fw-la inquit_fw-la quande_fw-la ilis_fw-la dormilum_fw-la quande_fw-la estis_fw-la decubituri_fw-la et_fw-la nullo_n praesonte_fw-fr multae_fw-la quies_fw-la et_fw-la silentium_fw-la et_fw-la nen_fw-mi ine_z interturbante_fw-la profunda_fw-la tranquillitas_fw-la excita_fw-la iudicium_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la quande_fw-la neque_fw-la amicus_fw-la interturbat_fw-la nec_fw-la famulus_fw-la irritat_fw-la nec_fw-la turba_fw-la negotiorum_fw-la urget_fw-la tunc_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la interdiu_fw-la astae_fw-la rationem_fw-la exigite_fw-la chryso_n expos_fw-la in_o psal_n 4.4_o pag._n 26._o c_o d._n what_o mean_v this_o say_v he_o that_o he_o say_v commune_fw-la with_o your_o beart_n upon_o your_o bed_n etc._n etc._n and_o he_o answer_v it_o be_v this_o after_o supper_n time_n when_o you_o be_v go_v to_o sleep_v and_o be_v ready_a to_o lie_v down_o on_o bed_n and_o have_v great_a quietness_n and_o silence_n without_o the_o presence_n or_o disturbance_n of_o any_o then_o erect_v a_o tribunal_n for_o the_o conscience_n and_o a_o little_a after_o when_o neither_o friend_n do_v disturb_v thou_o nor_o servant_n provoke_v thou_o nor_o multitude_n of_o business_n do_v press_v thou_o then_o take_v account_n of_o thy_o life_n what_o thou_o have_v do_v in_o the_o day_n time_n before_o and_o the_o same_o father_n in_o another_o place_n 1005._o place_n quum_fw-la in_o lecte_fw-la tuo_fw-la iaces_fw-la nec_fw-la quisquam_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la tibi_fw-la negotium_fw-la facessas_fw-la antequam_fw-la somnus_o irrepat_o libellum_fw-la in_o medium_n produc_fw-la et_fw-la peccatae_fw-la tua_fw-la teeum_fw-la reputa_fw-la dicens_fw-la apud_fw-la teipsum_fw-la numquid_fw-la hodier_n no_o die_n well_fw-mi sermone_fw-la vel_fw-la opere_fw-la peecavi_fw-la chrysost_n hom._n 2._o in_o psal_n 50._o pag._n 1004_o 1005._o when_o thou_o lay_v thou_o down_o upon_o thy_o bed_n and_o no_o man_n be_v by_o to_o disturb_v thou_o before_o sleep_v come_v on_o bring_v forth_o the_o book_n of_o thy_o conscience_n and_o recount_v thy_o sin_n with_o thyself_o say_v to_o thyself_o have_v i_o this_o day_n offend_v in_o word_n or_o deed_n he_o add_v 1005._o add_v viurne_v tempore_fw-la id_fw-la faciendâ—_n spacium_fw-la non_fw-la habes_fw-la verum_fw-la et_fw-la praesectorum_fw-la metus_fw-la et_fw-la sodalium_fw-la collequia_fw-la at_o negatiorum_fw-la eura_fw-la et_fw-la alendae_fw-la prolis_fw-la fludium_fw-la et_fw-la uxoris_fw-la procuratio_fw-la as_o parandae_fw-la mensae_fw-la sollicitucle_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 1005._o in_o the_o day_n thou_o have_v not_o time_n for_o this_o work_n but_o fear_v of_o superior_n &_o conference_n with_o friend_n and_o care_n of_o business_n and_o forecast_v for_o education_n of_o child_n and_o provision_n for_o wife_n and_o preparation_n for_o diet_n and_o a_o thousand_o thing_n beside_o do_v distract_v thou_o and_o to_o like_o purpose_n s._n basil_n c._n basil_n complete_a iam_fw-la die_v ommique_fw-la opere_fw-la cùm_fw-la corporis_fw-la tum_fw-la spiritus_fw-la etiam_fw-la absoluto_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basil_n to_o 2._o de_fw-la instit_fw-la monarc_n in_o fine_a pag._n 396._o c._n when_o the_o day_n say_v he_o be_v end_v and_o business_n be_v past_a before_o rest_n or_o sleep_v it_o be_v expedient_a that_o every_o man_n conscience_n shall_v be_v judge_v of_o his_o own_o heart_n etc._n etc._n and_o dorotheus_n say_v 814._o say_v docuerunt_fw-la nos_fw-la saepe_fw-la patres_fw-la nostri_fw-la qúe_fw-la pacto_fw-la purgemus_fw-la nosipsos_fw-la per_fw-la fingulos_fw-la dies_fw-la ut_fw-la scilicet_fw-la in_o vesperam_fw-la perscrutemur_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la quomedo_fw-la transactam_fw-la diem_fw-la exegerimus_fw-la et_fw-la rursum_fw-la manè_fw-la quomodo_fw-la nocten_o etc._n etc._n doroth._n to_o 1._o biblio_fw-la patrun_v edit_n graecol_n doctrina_fw-la 11._o pag._n 814._o that_o it_o be_v a_o rule_n from_o their_o forefather_n how_o man_n ought_v to_o cleanse_v themselves_o that_o in_o the_o evening_n they_o shall_v question_v themselves_o how_o they_o have_v pass_v the_o day_n and_o again_o in_o the_o morning_n how_o they_o have_v pass_v the_o night_n and_o bernard_n d._n bernard_n sedeat_fw-la iudicaus_fw-la iustitia_fw-la stet_fw-la rea_fw-la et_fw-la seipsum_fw-la accusans_fw-la conscientia_fw-la neme_n te_fw-la plus_fw-la deligit_fw-la neme_fw-fr te_fw-la fideliùs_fw-la iudicabit_fw-la manè_fw-la praeteritae_fw-la noctis_fw-la fac_fw-la a_o teipso_fw-la exactionem_fw-la et_fw-la venturae_fw-la diei_fw-la tu_fw-la tibi_fw-la indicito_fw-la cautionem_fw-la vespere_fw-la diei_fw-la praeteritae_fw-la rationemexige_fw-la et_fw-la superuenientis_fw-la noctis_fw-la fac_fw-la indictionem_fw-la bernard_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la solitar_n ad_fw-la fratres_fw-la de_fw-fr monte_fw-fr dei_fw-la pag._n 1029._o d._n let_v justice_n sit_v and_o judge_v let_v the_o conscience_n stand_v implead_v and_o accuse_v itself_o no_o man_n love_v thou_o more_o nor_o no_o man_n will_v judge_v thou_o better_o in_o the_o morning_n exact_v a_o account_n of_o the_o night_n past_a and_o impose_v upon_o thyself_o watchfulness_n for_o the_o day_n to_o come_v in_o the_o evening_n require_v a_o reckon_n of_o the_o day_n past_a and_o lay_v a_o injunction_n for_o the_o night_n come_v and_o in_o like_a manner_n speak_v other_o spiritual_a master_n who_o undertake_v to_o prescribe_v rule_n of_o a_o religious_a life_n whereby_o it_o may_v be_v see_v how_o they_o do_v general_o agree_v upon_o it_o as_o a_o receive_a principle_n that_o every_o night_n man_n shall_v take_v account_n and_o examine_v themselves_o for_o the_o day_n past_a but_o in_o the_o two_o last_o authority_n we_o may_v further_o note_v that_o beside_o the_o account_v at_o night_n for_o the_o day_n past_a they_o require_v also_o a_o reckon_n each_o morning_n for_o the_o former_a night_n and_o sure_o that_o be_v not_o to_o no_o purpose_n for_o even_o in_o the_o night_n reserve_v for_o rest_n there_o do_v many_o time_n pass_v thought_n affection_n purpose_n yea_o and_o some_o action_n also_o which_o as_o they_o do_v well_o deserve_v censure_n so_o may_v easy_o be_v forget_v if_o they_o be_v defer_v till_o multitude_n of_o business_n the_o day_n follow_v have_v breed_v a_o confusion_n in_o the_o memory_n 4._o it_o be_v a_o very_a fit_a time_n for_o this_o work_n when_o we_o have_v be_v about_o some_o important_a business_n
behind_o his_o back_n and_o such_o a_o time_n when_o i_o be_v in_o pray_v to_o my_o god_n my_o heart_n be_v wander_v about_o the_o vanity_n of_o the_o world_n or_o myself_o fall_v asleep_a while_n god_n be_v admonish_v i_o of_o thing_n belong_v to_o my_o soul_n and_o many_o time_n in_o one_o day_n i_o have_v sin_v against_o god_n by_o unjust_a deal_n with_o my_o neighbour_n one_o i_o deceive_v by_o a_o lie_n and_o another_o by_o unsound_a commodity_n and_o a_o three_o by_o counterfeit_n and_o base_a money_n and_o a_o four_o by_o fair_a promise_n and_o protestation_n which_o i_o never_o mean_v to_o perform_v and_o a_o hundred_o other_o such_o sin_n as_o these_o we_o may_v discover_v in_o ourselves_o within_o a_o short_a time_n if_o we_o do_v take_v account_n of_o ourselves_o at_o convenient_a time_n and_o if_o our_o sin_n be_v once_o in_o this_o sort_n set_v before_o our_o face_n they_o will_v make_v we_o tremble_v for_o fear_n and_o blush_v for_o shame_n and_o give_v no_o rest_n to_o our_o head_n nor_o slumber_n to_o our_o eye_n till_o by_o sorrow_n and_o repentance_n we_o have_v make_v our_o peace_n with_o our_o god_n 2._o examination_n right_o perform_v reason_n 2_o will_v be_v a_o mean_n to_o lead_v we_o to_o repentance_n because_o it_o will_v show_v we_o with_o what_o patience_n and_o long-suffering_a god_n have_v bear_v with_o we_o and_o in_o what_o desperate_a case_n our_o soul_n stand_v but_o that_o god_n in_o mercy_n spare_v we_o beyond_o our_o deserve_n for_o it_o will_v appear_v that_o he_o may_v have_v strike_v we_o dead_a many_o a_o time_n while_o we_o be_v provoke_v he_o by_o our_o sin_n for_o example_n while_o we_o be_v drink_v and_o can_v not_o speak_v a_o ready_a word_n or_o while_o we_o be_v satisfy_v our_o unclean_a lust_n in_o the_o harlot_n bed_n or_o while_o we_o be_v abuse_v god_n name_n by_o profane_a oath_n and_o execration_n or_o while_o we_o be_v take_v a_o bribe_n to_o pervert_v justice_n or_o while_o we_o be_v tell_v a_o lie_n to_o undermine_v our_o neighbour_n then_o and_o at_o such_o a_o instant_a god_n may_v have_v cut_v we_o off_o and_o have_v draw_v we_o to_o the_o judgement_n with_o a_o harlot_n in_o our_o arm_n or_o a_o blasphemous_a oath_n in_o our_o mouth_n or_o a_o bribe_n of_o oppression_n in_o our_o hand_n or_o a_o murderous_a and_o malicious_a thought_n in_o our_o heart_n and_o if_o then_o god_n have_v take_v we_o away_o as_o he_o take_v away_o 16.9_o away_o 1_o king_n 16.9_o elah_n in_o his_o drunkenness_n and_o 30._o and_o dan._n 5.2_o 3_o etc._n etc._n with_o ver_fw-la 30._o belshazzar_n in_o his_o profaneness_n and_o 23._o and_o act._n 12.21_o 22_o 23._o herod_n in_o his_o haughtiness_n and_o 8._o and_o num._n 25.6_o 7_o 8._o zimri_n and_o cosbi_n in_o their_o uncleanness_n etc._n etc._n lord_n what_o may_v have_v become_v of_o my_o poor_a soul_n or_o what_o can_v i_o have_v expect_v but_o to_o have_v dye_v in_o sin_n without_o repentance_n and_o to_o have_v live_v ever_o after_o in_o torment_n without_o hope_n but_o he_o have_v spare_v i_o and_o it_o be_v his_o mercy_n thus_o by_o his_o patience_n to_o bring_v i_o to_o repentance_n that_o i_o may_v be_v save_v now_o what_o christian_n heart_n will_v not_o tremble_v to_o think_v what_o great_a danger_n he_o have_v escape_v and_o will_v not_o melt_v into_o tear_n to_o remember_v what_o great_a mercy_fw-mi he_o have_v receive_v and_o what_o soul_n will_v not_o be_v move_v hereby_o to_o hasten_v his_o repentance_n either_o that_o he_o may_v prevent_v all_o such_o danger_n hereafter_o to_o himself_o or_o that_o he_o may_v show_v a_o thankful_a heart_n to_o god_n that_o have_v spare_v he_o in_o such_o manner_n and_o in_o this_o sort_n will_v examination_n lead_v we_o to_o repentance_n and_o amendment_n if_o we_o use_v it_o diligent_o and_o in_o due_a order_n and_o that_o be_v the_o first_o use_n for_o which_o this_o work_n do_v serve_v ii_o second_o reason_n examination_n a_o mean_n to_o prevent_v sin_n 1._o reason_n it_o will_v 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