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without_o thy_o gift_n we_o have_v it_o not_o we_o can_v have_v it_o or_o have_v it_o even_o conserve_v it_o nay_o the_o very_a good_a desire_n we_o have_v of_o it_o be_v thy_o too_o give_v then_o dear_a lord_n what_o thou_o command_v and_o command_v what_o thou_o will_v and_o thou_o o_o mother_n of_o purity_n the_o fruit_n of_o who_o virginity_n make_v the_o world_n happy_a to_o thou_o we_o exile_v child_n of_o eve_n have_v recourse_n pray_v to_o thou_o with_o groan_n and_o tear_n to_o obtain_v for_o we_o of_o thy_o virginal_a child_n true_a humility_n of_o hart_n obedience_n and_o love_n of_o poverty_n wherein_o alone_o we_o apprehend_v virginity_n secure_a since_o even_o thy_o own_o more_o than_o angellicall_a virginity_n have_v not_o please_v have_v it_o not_o be_v accompaign_v with_o humility_n as_o a_o great_a father_n dare_v affirm_v and_o therefore_o monstra_fw-la te_fw-la esse_fw-la matrem_fw-la sumat_n per_fw-la te_fw-la preces_fw-la qui_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la 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we_o have_v not_o have_v truth_n itself_o which_o none_o dare_v contradicte_n to_o assure_v we_o of_o this_o so_o necessary_a a_o lesson_n yet_o common_a experience_n make_v it_o but_o too_o sure_a to_o very_o ordinary_a capacity_n the_o internal_a division_n and_o broil_n of_o england_n france_n spain_n italy_n and_o flanders_n to_o go_v no_o further_o have_v oft_o hazard_v their_o utter_a ruin_n and_o the_o unhappy_a misintelligence_n of_o community_n and_o particular_a family_n have_v not_o only_o disorder_v they_o and_o deprive_v they_o of_o the_o blissing_n of_o peace_n and_o quiet_a but_o have_v even_o expose_v they_o to_o public_a scandal_n and_o desolation_n itself_o affection_n how_o dear_a then_o my_o soul_n ought_v unanimity_n and_o union_n of_o heart_n to_o be_v to_o we_o
affliction_n shall_v neither_o be_v lessen_v nor_o take_v away_o for_o the_o space_n of_o a_o long_a life_n yet_o what_o be_v the_o long_a of_o life_n compare_v to_o eternity_n but_o a_o very_a moment_n affection_n it_o be_v not_o my_o soul_n for_o this_o present_a time_n for_o transitory_a momente_n that_o we_o live_v and_o labour_n our_o aim_n be_v eternity_n nor_o be_v our_o sorrow_n equal_a to_o the_o pain_n due_a to_o our_o sin_n nor_o bear_v they_o any_o proportion_n to_o the_o endless_a joy_n we_o hope_v for_o and_o yet_o s._n paul_n assure_v we_o that_o our_o tribulation_n which_o be_v for_o the_o present_a momentary_a and_o light_a work_v a_o above_o measure_n exceed_o a_o eternal_a weight_n of_o glory_n in_o us._n let_v we_o then_o courageous_o look_v over_o the_o thing_n we_o see_v or_o feel_v which_o be_v but_o temporal_a to_o consider_v what_o we_o see_v not_o but_o by_o ourpatience_n hope_v for_o a_o eternal_a weight_n of_o glory_n the_o second_o pointe._n i_o will_v see_v you_o again_o and_o your_o heart_n shall_v rejoice_v and_o no_o man_n shall_v take_v your_o joy_n from_o you_o consider_v that_o though_o our_o good_a god_n may_v sometime_o seem_v to_o leave_v we_o yet_o he_o never_o forsake_v we_o but_o return_v again_o to_o see_v we_o to_o rejoice_v our_o heart_n and_o double_a and_o trible_a our_o joy_n not_o those_o of_o the_o wicked_a which_o be_v always_o attend_v and_o usher_v out_o by_o sorrow_n but_o those_o of_o the_o true_a disciple_n of_o christ_n gaudia_fw-la domini_fw-la joy_n in_o christ_n of_o christ_n and_o for_o christ_n and_o to_o give_v we_o assurance_n that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o man_n to_o rob_v we_o of_o these_o christian_a joy_n which_o be_v proper_o we_o and_o none_o shall_v take_v your_o joy_n from_o you_o affection_n no_o my_o soul_n our_o merciful_a lord_n forsake_v we_o not_o unless_o we_o first_o forsake_v he_o he_o go_v but_o come_v again_o to_o visit_v we_o and_o by_o such_o his_o 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meditation_n for_o the_o four_o sunday_n after_o easter_n i_o go_v to_o he_o who_o send_v i_o io._n 16._o the_o first_o pointe._n consider_v that_o if_o we_o be_v true_o wain_v from_o the_o world_n from_o self_n love_n and_o self_n consolation_n we_o shall_v be_v so_o far_o from_o have_v our_o heart_n fill_v with_o sorrow_n upon_o the_o hear_n of_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n i_o go_v to_o he_o who_o send_v i_o that_o contrary_o our_o heart_n will_v be_v replenish_v with_o joy_n that_o dear_a lord_n of_o we_o have_v perfect_o accomplish_v his_o heavenly_a father_n will_n in_o the_o work_n of_o man_n salvation_n by_o puttinge_v down_o that_o dear_a price_n of_o his_o redemption_n what_o then_o ought_v to_o be_v more_o delightful_a to_o the_o redeem_a slave_n then_o to_o see_v his_o gracious_a redeemour_n return_v into_o the_o possession_n of_o his_o own_o right_n to_o see_v he_o exalt_v to_o see_v he_o glorify_v affection_n return_v then_o o_o my_o dear_a redeemour_n into_o thy_o rest_n 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