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brevi_fw-la huius_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la curriculo_fw-la suis_fw-la indulgeâ—eâ—upâ—inibus_fw-la &_o a_o eam_fw-la futurerum_fw-la subive_fw-la quam_fw-la labâ—rem_fw-la susciper_n &_o porteà _fw-la vitam_fw-la praestolari_fw-la aeternam_fw-la marcell_n armamentarij_fw-la scientis_fw-la lib._n 2._o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n suffer_v violence_n matth._n 11_o 12._o it_o be_v as_o a_o garrison_n that_o hold_v out_o and_o the_o duty_n of_o religion_n be_v the_o take_v it_o by_o storm_n a_o good_a christian_a must_v offer_v violence_n to_o himself_o though_o not self_o natural_a yet_o self-sinful_a self_n be_v nothing_o but_o the_o flesh_n 5.17_o flesh_n gal._n 5.17_o as_o basil_n hierom_n theophylact_fw-mi and_o chrysostome_n do_v all_o expound_v it_o the_o flesh_n cry_v out_o for_o ease_n it_o be_v a_o libertine_n it_o be_v loath_a to_o take_v pain_n loath_a to_o pray_v to_o repent_v
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oppida_fw-la &_o urbes_fw-la videri_fw-la sibi_fw-la tetros_fw-la carceres_fw-la solitudinem_fw-la paradisum_fw-la epist_n 72._o with_o what_o word_n shall_v i_o set_v it_o forth_o other_o duty_n have_v do_v excellent_o but_o thou_o excelle_v they_o all_o meditation_n be_v a_o friend_n to_o the_o grace_n it_o help_v to_o water_v the_o plantation_n i_o may_v call_v it_o in_o basils_n expression_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basil_n basil_n the_o treasury_n where_o all_o the_o grace_n be_v lock_v up_o and_o with_o theophylact_fw-mi the_o very_a gate_n &_o portal_n by_o which_o we_o enter_v into_o glory_n by_o meditation_n the_o spirit_n be_v raise_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o heighten_v to_o a_o kind_n of_o angelical_a frame_n meditation_n do_v sweet_o anticipate_v happiness_n it_o put_v we_o in_o heaven_n before_o our_o time_n meditation_n bring_v god_n and_o the_o soul_n together_o 1_o joh._n 3.2_o meditation_n be_v the_o saint_n perspective_n glass_n by_o which_o 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discriminate_a and_o characterise_v a_o man_n by_o this_o he_o may_v take_v a_o measure_n of_o his_o heart_n whether_o it_o be_v good_a or_o bad_a let_v i_o allude_v to_o that_o prov._n 23.7_o for_o as_o he_o think_v in_o his_o heart_n so_o be_v he_o as_o the_o meditation_n be_v such_o be_v the_o man_n meditation_n be_v the_o touchstone_n of_o a_o christian_a it_o show_v what_o mettle_n he_o be_v make_v of_o it_o be_v a_o spiritual_a index_n the_o index_n show_v what_o be_v in_o the_o book_n so_o meditation_n show_v what_o be_v in_o the_o heart_n if_o all_o a_o man_n meditation_n be_v how_o he_o may_v get_v power_n against_o sin_n how_o he_o may_v grow_v in_o grace_n how_o he_o may_v have_v more_o communion_n with_o god_n this_o show_v what_o be_v in_o his_o heart_n the_o frame_n of_o his_o heart_n be_v spiritual_a by_o the_o beat_n of_o this_o pulse_n judge_v of_o the_o health_n of_o thy_o soul_n it_o be_v make_v the_o character_n of_o a_o godly_a man_n he_o fear_v god_n and_o think_v 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