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and_o make_v the_o whole_a world_n it_o be_v own_o this_o be_v the_o discourse_n which_o s._n augustin_n make_v of_o it_o o_o prodigy_n will_v you_o know_v pastoral_a aug._n l._n quinquag_n homiliarum_fw-la homil_n 15._o tom_n 10._o congaude_n illi_fw-la cvi_fw-la deus_fw-la gratiam_fw-la aliquam_fw-la donavit_fw-la tua_fw-la est_fw-la habet_fw-la ille_fw-la forte_fw-fr virginitatem_fw-la ama_fw-la illam_fw-la tua_fw-la est_fw-la tu_fw-la habes_fw-la forte_fw-fr majorem_fw-la patientiam_fw-la diligat_fw-la te_fw-la &_o sva_fw-la est_fw-la ille_fw-la potest_fw-la satis_fw-la vigilare_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la invides_fw-la tuum_fw-la est_fw-la studium_fw-la ejus_fw-la tu_fw-la forte_fw-fr potes_fw-la amplius_fw-la jejunare_fw-la amet_fw-la te_fw-la suum_fw-la est_fw-la jejunium_fw-la quia_fw-la tu_fw-la per_fw-la charitatem_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la es_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la in_o te_fw-la est_fw-la particeps_fw-la sum_fw-la emnium_fw-la timentium_fw-la te_fw-la psal_n 118._o 63._o exit_fw-la 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the_o eternal_a and_o unquenchable_a furnace_n of_o all_o chaste_a affection_n he_o have_v all_o his_o desire_n limit_v and_o replenish_v since_o as_o he_o see_v nothing_o out_o of_o himself_o so_o he_o can_v desire_v any_o thing_n out_o of_o himself_o if_o you_o imagine_v the_o sea_n say_v s._n augustine_n 85._o mare_fw-la co_fw-la gitas_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la deus_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la homines_fw-la &_o animalia_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la deus_fw-la augin_n psal_n 85._o it_o be_v not_o god_n if_o you_o imagine_v the_o earth_n with_o so_o many_o river_n which_o moisten_v it_o so_o many_o herb_n and_o flower_n which_o enamel_n it_o so_o many_o tree_n which_o cover_v it_o so_o many_o live_a creature_n which_o furnish_v it_o so_o many_o man_n which_o inhabit_v and_o cultivate_v it_o it_o be_v not_o god_n if_o you_o in_o your_o thought_n figure_v the_o air_n with_o all_o its_o bird_n so_o different_a in_o shape_n so_o various_a in_o 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and_o sea_n magazine_n of_o nature_n throne_n theatre_n arm_n and_o empire_n all_o be_v but_o a_o silly_a drop_n of_o dew_n before_o the_o face_n of_o god_n then_o how_o can_v god_n but_o live_v content_v within_o himself_o 16._o ecce_fw-la gentes_fw-la quasi_fw-la stilla_fw-la fitulae_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la momentum_fw-la staterae_fw-la reputatae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ecce_fw-la insulae_fw-la quasi_fw-la pulvis_fw-la exiguus_fw-la &_o libanus_n non_fw-la sufficiet_fw-la ac_fw-la ad_fw-la succedendum_fw-la isa_n 4._o 16._o since_o the_o small_a stream_n of_o the_o fountain_n which_o spring_v from_o his_o bosom_n may_v suffice_v a_o million_o of_o world_n o_o ungrateful_a and_o faithless_a soul_n the_o same_o paradise_n which_o god_n have_v for_o himself_o he_o have_v prepare_v for_o thou_o he_o will_v thou_o behold_v thyself_o that_o thou_o contemplate_v thyself_o that_o thou_o repose_a thyself_o in_o his_o heart_n yet_o thou_o fluttere_v up_o and_o down_o like_o a_o silly_a butterfly_n 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ecclesiam_fw-la ephes_n 5._o 25._o to_o seek_v by_o lawful_a way_n once_o petty_a accommodation_n be_v not_o a_o thing_n of_o itself_o to_o be_v always_o condemn_v servus_n vocarus_fw-la â—es_v non_o fit_a tibi_fw-la curae_fw-la sed_fw-la â—_o potes_fw-la fieri_fw-la libre_fw-la magis_fw-la vtere_fw-la 1_o cor._n 7._o 21._o only_o by_o the_o first_o motive_n of_o nature_n but_o also_o out_o of_o election_n and_o reason_n all_o that_o which_o be_v hurtful_a to_o the_o body_n and_o health_n no_o man_n say_v the_o apostle_n hate_v his_o own_o flesh_n but_o cherish_v and_o entertain_v it_o as_o long_o as_o he_o can_v therein_o imitate_v the_o tenderness_n of_o affection_n which_o jesus_n christ_n have_v for_o his_o church_n i_o add_v that_o it_o be_v not_o also_o my_o intention_n to_o persuade_v that_o one_o shall_v not_o seek_v in_o the_o care_n of_o his_o life_n thing_n the_o most_o commodious_a so_o much_o as_o justice_n and_o reason_n will_v permit_v we_o must_v bear_v with_o 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&_o quod_fw-la verebar_fw-la accidit_fw-la job_n 3._o 25._o second_o god_n for_o punishment_n of_o this_o niceness_n will_v suffer_v that_o all_o we_o most_o fear_v shall_v happen_v to_o we_o a_o man_n many_o time_n fall_v into_o mischief_n even_o by_o fear_v they_o death_n seem_v to_o be_v only_o for_o coward_n and_o when_o one_o seek_v for_o liberty_n by_o unworthy_a way_n than_o he_o be_v involve_v in_o rhe_n great_a servitude_n three_o one_o be_v in_o danger_n to_o fall_v into_o much_o discouragement_n adversetur_fw-la one_o put_v himself_o upon_o the_o hazard_n to_o live_v always_o in_o insupportable_a anxiety_n debitores_fw-la sumus_fw-la non_fw-la carâ—i_fw-la ut_fw-la socundum_fw-la carnem_fw-la viâ—_n vamus_fw-la rom._n 8._o hier._n in_o ep_v ad_fw-la aglas_n non_fw-fr est_fw-fr de_fw-fr ficata_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la &_o secura_fw-la confessio_fw-la quotiâ—_n die_v eredent_a in_o christum_fw-la tollit_fw-la crucem_fw-la svam_fw-la &_o negate_fw-la scipsum_fw-la bern._n ser_n 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