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which_o nature_n herself_o inspire_v you_o with_o &_o which_o god_n have_v so_o strict_o command_v you_o be_v not_o to_o have_v the_o fear_v of_o god._n there_o be_v no_o menace_n with_o which_o he_o have_v not_o threaten_v those_o child_n who_o be_v want_v to_o their_o duty_n 19_o duty_n qui_fw-la affligit_fw-la patrem_fw-la &_o sugit_fw-la matrem_fw-la ignominiosus_fw-la erit_fw-la &_o infoelix_fw-la prov._n 19_o he_o say_v that_o he_o who_o afflict_v his_o father_n and_o fly_v from_o the_o discreet_a admonition_n of_o his_o mother_n will_v become_v infamous_a and_o miserable_a 20._o miserable_a qui_fw-la maledicit_fw-la patri_fw-la &_o matri_fw-la extinguetur_fw-la lucerna_fw-la ejus_fw-la in_o mediis_fw-la tenebris_fw-la prov._n 20._o he_o who_o curse_v his_o father_n or_o mother_n shall_v perish_v his_o light_n that_o be_v his_o life_n shall_v be_v extinct_a in_o darkness_n that_o be_v death_n 36._o death_n oculum_fw-la qui_fw-la subsannat_fw-la patrem_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la 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quae_fw-la ignorant_a deum_fw-la tob._n 8._o which_o they_o often_o receive_v in_o a_o wicked_a
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the_o judgement_n of_o god_n will_v be_v afraid_a to_o fall_v into_o sin_n or_o to_o continue_v in_o it_o never_o so_o little_a this_o be_v the_o great_a advertisement_n of_o the_o wiseman_n which_o all_o man_n ought_v to_o have_v continual_o in_o their_o memory_n 7._o memory_n in_o omnibus_fw-la operibus_fw-la tuis_fw-la memorare_fw-la novissima_fw-la tua_fw-la &_o in_o aeternum_fw-la non_fw-la peccabis_fw-la eccl._n 7._o in_o all_o your_o action_n remember_v your_o last_o thing_n and_o you_o shall_v never_o sin_v maxim_n x._o that_o we_o must_v serve_v god_n for_o himself_o and_o by_o love._n although_o the_o consideration_n of_o death_n judgement_n and_o eternity_n be_v effectual_a and_o necessary_a to_o move_v we_o to_o virtue_n nevertheless_o we_o must_v not_o stop_v there_o 4._o read_v part_n 4._o chap._n 2._o &_o 3._o and_o the_o instruction_n about_o communion_n part_v 2._o ch._n 3._o art._n 4._o it_o appertain_v only_o to_o servile_a soul_n to_o be_v conduct_v by_o fear_n 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