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a_o holy_a resignation_n of_o ourselves_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o so_o good_a a_o god_n 28._o eccl._n 12.1_o 1_o chron._n 28._o betimes_o we_o must_v remember_v our_o creator_n in_o the_o day_n of_o our_o youth_n then_o we_o must_v learn_v to_o know_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o our_o father_n as_o good_a david_n give_v in_o counsel_n to_o his_o young_a son_n solomon_n and_o this_o submission_n must_v be_v a_o total_a resign_v of_o soul_n and_o body_n to_o the_o lord_n a_o lesson_n not_o teach_v in_o any_o school_n below_o heaven_n none_o of_o the_o moralist_n none_o of_o the_o philosopher_n can_v attain_v it_o be_v only_o find_v in_o the_o school_n of_o grace_n which_o among_o other_o thing_n do_v teach_v 33.16_o psal_n 34.9_o 10._o mat._n 28._o 20._o 2_o cor._n 12.9_o isai_n 41.10_o isai_n 33.16_o that_o no_o good_a thing_n shall_v be_v want_v unto_o such_o and_o that_o be_v our_o condition_n never_o so_o straight_o yet_o god_n and_o christ_n be_v with_o we_o and_o his_o grace_n shall_v 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rapture_a love_n as_o to_o the_o church_n in_o the_o canticle_n and_o as_o unto_o bless_a jgnatius_n but_o after_o his_o resurrection_n when_o he_o appear_v unto_o peter_n and_o those_o who_o be_v with_o peter_n his_o word_n be_v and_o i_o also_o after_o his_o resurrection_n see_v he_o simeon_n be_v commune_v with_o the_o promise_n 43._o promisit_fw-la sâ—_n deus_fw-la compariturum_fw-la in_o nube_fw-la levit._fw-la 16.2_o nubes_fw-la fuit_fw-la symbolum_fw-la inhabitantis_fw-la dei_fw-la miserentis_fw-la ac_fw-la eos_fw-la servantis_fw-la quum_fw-la templo_fw-la salomonis_fw-la &_o sancto_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la primùm_fw-la importaretur_fw-la arca_fw-la digressis_fw-la commodùm_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la ex_fw-la adytis_fw-la nubes_fw-la replevit_fw-la domum_fw-la domini_fw-la nec_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la subsistere_fw-la poterant_fw-la ut_fw-la administrarent_fw-la prae_fw-la nube_fw-la illa_fw-la quandoquideme_n rat_n repleta_fw-la gloria_fw-la domini_fw-la domus_fw-la domini_fw-la 1._o 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