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with_o so_o much_o fear_n and_o horror_n all_o of_o they_o be_v present_a s._n gregory_n nyssene_n thus_o express_o write_v orat._n cathech_n c._n 36._o fidelium_fw-la corporibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o body_n mean_v the_o body_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n be_v join_v with_o the_o body_n of_o the_o faithful_a that_o by_o the_o conjunction_n of_o the_o immortal_a body_n man_n may_v be_v make_v partaker_n of_o immortality_n s._n cyprian_n thus_o teach_v of_o the_o offer_v up_o of_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o holy_a eucharist_n serm._n de_fw-fr coena_fw-la dom._n perpes_n est_fw-la hoc_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o be_v a_o daily_a sacrifice_n and_o be_v a_o permanent_a or_o perpetual_a holocaust_n to_o conclude_v the_o forementioned_a s._n chrysostome_n thus_o write_v hom_n 2._o in_o 1._o ad_fw-la cor._n dum_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la vita_fw-la sumus_fw-la etc._n etc._n while_o we_o be_v in_o this_o life_n this_o mystery_n 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their_o child_n advancement_n in_o sanctity_n and_o virtue_n yet_o before_o i_o end_v this_o discourse_n i_o must_v adjoine_v this_o ensue_a animadversion_n that_o whereas_o most_o of_o the_o former_a example_n of_o good_a work_n above_o allege_a &_o instance_a aim_v at_o great_a &_o high_a point_n sort_v only_o to_o such_o to_o perform_v who_o temporal_a state_n be_v great_a and_o rich_a and_o to_o who_o that_o admonition_n of_o s._n chrysostome_n above_o allege_a peculiar_o belong_v non_fw-fr dare_v sed_fw-la copiosè_fw-la dare_v eleemosyna_fw-la est_fw-la nevertheless_o we_o be_v to_o conceive_v that_o the_o charity_n of_o such_o as_o be_v but_o poor_a in_o temporal_a faculty_n though_o never_o so_o small_a be_v most_o please_v to_o his_o divine_a majesty_n for_o the_o mitigate_a of_o the_o torment_n of_o purgatory_n and_o in_o this_o sense_n we_o must_v understand_v that_o even_o the_o poor_a widow_n in_o the_o gospel_n who_o have_v but_o two_o mite_n give_v as_o much_o as_o 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who_o accord_v s._n leo_n ser_n 4._o the_o quadrag_n say_v exit_fw-la affectibus_fw-la piorum_fw-la benignitatis_fw-la mensura_fw-la taxatur_fw-la well_o i_o will_v close_v up_o this_o small_a treatise_n with_o refer_v the_o catholic_a reader_n to_o the_o practice_n of_o a_o skilful_a physician_n who_o can_v extract_v medicinable_a and_o healthful_a physic_n out_o of_o hurtful_a and_o venomous_a drug_n or_o herb_n so_o here_o i_o most_o earnest_o wish_v that_o all_o good_a catholic_n according_a to_o the_o different_a proportion_n of_o their_o state_n and_o power_n will_v in_o their_o own_o life_n time_n for_o the_o prevent_n or_o lessen_v of_o the_o torment_n of_o purgatory_n put_v in_o daily_o practice_v that_o counsel_n of_o our_o saviour_n luc._n 16._o facite_fw-la vobis_fw-la amicos_fw-la de_fw-la mammona_fw-la iniquitatis_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la defeceritis_fw-la recipiant_fw-la vos_fw-la in_o aeterna_fw-la tabernacula_fw-la make_v you_o friend_n of_o the_o mammon_n of_o iniquity_n that_o when_o you_o fail_v they_o may_v receive_v you_o into_o eternal_a tabernacle_n finis_fw-la god_n save_o the_o king_n