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punishment_n they_o love_v too_o well_o to_o forsake_v one_o another_o in_o their_o affliction_n and_o unless_o the_o violence_n of_o pain_n break_v the_o chain_n wherewith_o they_o be_v link_v together_o their_o misery_n must_v be_v common_a i_o shall_v moreover_o think_v that_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v more_o deplorable_a than_o that_o of_o the_o body_n for_o beside_o that_o to_o make_v her_o subject_n to_o suffering_n be_v to_o injure_v her_o worth_n and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o piece_n of_o injustice_n to_o force_v she_o to_o feel_v evil_n from_o which_o by_o nature_n she_o be_v exempt_v she_o sentence_v herself_o to_o new_a suffering_n and_o the_o love_n which_o she_o bear_v to_o her_o body_n 3._o oblige_v she_o to_o resent_v with_o sorrow_n the_o pain_n which_o it_o endure_v she_o together_o with_o it_o be_v sensible_a thereof_o see_v that_o she_o be_v the_o original_a of_o sense_n and_o as_o if_o this_o torment_n be_v not_o sufficient_a she_o draw_v another_o 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be_v displease_v to_o she_o very_o strange_a be_v the_o effect_n of_o so_o melancholic_a a_o passion_n for_o when_o she_o be_v but_o in_o a_o mean_a she_o make_v they_o eloquent_a without_o rhetoric_n she_o teach_v they_o figurative_a speech_n to_o exaggerate_v their_o discontent_n and_o to_o hear_v they_o speak_v the_o great_a pain_n seem_v to_o be_v less_o â—â—aged_v than_o what_o they_o suffer_v but_o when_o she_o be_v extreme_a by_o a_o clean_a contrary_a effect_n she_o astonish_v the_o spirit_n she_o interdict_v the_o use_n of_o the_o sense_n she_o dry_v up_o tear_n stifle_n sigh_n and_o make_v man_n stupid_a she_o afford_v poet_n the_o liberty_n of_o feign_v that_o she_o change_v they_o into_o rock_n when_o she_o be_v of_o long_a continuance_n she_o free_v we_o from_o the_o earth_n and_o raise_v we_o up_o to_o heaven_n for_o it_o be_v very_o hard_a for_o a_o man_n in_o misery_n to_o covet_v life_n when_o it_o be_v full_a of_o pain_n and_o sorrow_n and_o when_o the_o soul_n have_v great_a conflict_n for_o a_o body_n which_o do_v continualy_a exercise_n her_o patience_n all_o man_n be_v not_o so_o poor_o spirit_v as_o be_v that_o favourite_n of_o augustus_n who_o do_v so_o much_o covet_v life_n that_o torment_n can_v not_o make_v he_o forgo_v the_o desire_n thereof_o mater_fw-la who_o glory_v in_o his_o verse_n that_o he_o will_v have_v love_v life_n amid_o torture_n that_o he_o will_v have_v be_v a_o votary_n for_o the_o prolong_n of_o it_o upon_o the_o rack_n and_o that_o the_o cruel_a suffering_n that_o may_v be_v will_v have_v seem_v swift_a to_o he_o so_o as_o he_o may_v therein_o have_v find_v life_n i_o well_o believe_v that_o excess_n of_o pain_n will_v have_v make_v he_o be_v of_o another_o mind_n and_o that_o he_o will_v have_v confess_v that_o to_o die_v quick_o be_v better_a than_o to_o live_v long_o in_o pain_n or_o have_v he_o persist_v in_o his_o first_o opinion_n we_o shall_v be_v bind_v to_o confess_v that_o poorly-spirited_n man_n be_v more_o 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the_o theatre_n where_o two_o so_o violent_a motion_n be_v form_v shall_v enjoy_v peace_n amid_o war._n in_o fine_a fear_v and_o audacity_n end_v their_o difference_n in_o thy_o person_n thou_o do_v suffer_v these_o two_o affection_n to_o possess_v thy_o heart_n without_o divide_v it_o whilst_o thou_o be_v in_o thy_o agony_n in_o the_o garden_n thou_o give_v confidence_n to_o thy_o apostle_n and_o when_o the_o thought_n of_o death_n make_v such_o havoc_n in_o thy_o soul_n thou_o do_v encourage_v martyr_n to_o the_o combat_n thou_o prepare_v crown_n for_o their_o victory_n and_o procure_v they_o strength_n by_o thy_o weakness_n thou_o ordaine_v they_o to_o be_v the_o champion_n of_o thy_o church_n militant_a but_o whatever_o help_n they_o receive_v from_o thy_o grace_n their_o victory_n be_v never_o like_o thou_o they_o find_v more_o obedience_n in_o the_o world_n than_o in_o themselves_o and_o have_v confess_v it_o cost_v they_o less_o to_o overcome_v wild_a beast_n than_o to_o 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