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church_n sing_v qui_fw-fr corporal_n ieiunio_fw-la vitia_fw-la comprimis_fw-la who_o by_o corporal_a fast_v do_v suppress_v vice_n the_o devil_n by_o intemperance_n and_o gluttony_n opn_v the_o passage_n to_o all_o sin_n therefore_o s._n ambrose_n call_v gluttony_n primum_fw-la diaholispiculum_fw-la 1._o lib._n de_fw-fr eli._n c._n 1._o the_o first_o dart_n of_o the_o devil_n s._n hierom_n term_v it_o prima_fw-la daemonum_fw-la arma_fw-la eustoch_n epist_n 22._o ad_fw-la eustoch_n the_o first_o weapon_n of_o the_o devil_n s._n basil_n primam_fw-la malorum_fw-la causam_fw-la &_o universale_fw-la venenum_fw-la ieiun_n hom._n 1._o de_fw-fr ieiun_n the_o first_o cause_n of_o evil_n and_o a_o universal_a poison_n s._n chrysostom_n rem_fw-la summè_fw-la gratam_fw-mi daemoni_fw-la a_o thing_n high_o grateful_a to_o the_o devil_n therefore_o s._n hierom_n say_v furian_n epist_n ad_fw-la furian_n when_o we_o stuff_n the_o flesh_n with_o abundance_n of_o meat_n we_o pour_v oil_n into_o the_o 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other_o source_n â—…en_o immoderate_a gormandize_v s._n hierom_n upon_o every_o occasion_n prescribe_v a_o fit_a medicine_n for_o this_o malady_n for_o when_o this_o most_o holy_a doctor_n instruct_v the_o virgin_n eustochiâ—…_n he_o doubt_v not_o to_o affirm_v that_o no_o man_n chastity_n can_v be_v permanent_a &_o firm_a unless_o it_o be_v defend_v by_o spare_a diet_n and_o temperance_n we_o shall_v rather_o haâ—e_v our_o stomach_n out_o of_o order_n than_o our_o mind_n and_o our_o leg_n fail_v we_o than_o our_o chastity_n 4._o tho._n cister_n in_o cant._n c._n 1._o v._n 4._o with_o chaff_n not_o with_o barley_n with_o chaff_n we_o must_v feed_v our_o ass_n as_o that_o most_o chaste_a hilarion_n admonish_v we_o before_o the_o chariot_n of_o luxury_n as_o some_o describe_v it_o have_v four_a wheel_n vestium_fw-la mollitiâ—…_n oâ—…j_fw-la dâ—sidiam_fw-la oculorâ—m_fw-la petulantiaâ—…_n ventris_fw-la iâ—glwiâ—m_fw-la soft_a apparel_n slothful_a idleness_n wantonness_n of_o the_o eye_n 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q._n 20._o he_o who_o think_v not_o that_o god_n behold_v all_o his_o action_n and_o thought_n but_o they_o demand_v further_o how_o a_o man_n may_v always_o subdue_v his_o passion_n of_o anger_n and_o restrain_v his_o thought_n from_o wander_v who_o can_v a_o midst_n disaster_n and_o perplexite_v of_o mind_n be_v as_o cheerful_a and_o pleasant_a as_o if_o he_o be_v play_v or_o dance_v and_o last_o who_o be_v so_o wary_a in_o his_o life_n and_o conversation_n as_o to_o have_v all_o his_o word_n and_o deed_n compose_v and_o order_v with_o a_o due_a decorum_n s._n basil_n reply_v as_o before_o all_o these_o thing_n be_v easy_o compass_v by_o he_o who_o always_o think_v himself_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n ecclesiastiâ—us_n say_v 27.3_o eccles_n 27.3_o if_o thou_o hold_v not_o thyself_o every_o moment_n in_o the_o fear_n of_o our_o lord_n thy_o house_n shall_v quick_o he_o overthrow_v he_o fear_v not_o god_n who_o imagine_v he_o to_o be_v absent_a therefore_o s._n augustine_n say_v 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suffer_v this_o man_n to_o steal_v another_o to_o commit_v adultery_n what_o this_o or_o that_o man_n what_o we_o and_o all_o man_n think_v he_o view_v and_o hold_v his_o peace_n a_o time_n will_v come_v when_o this_o judge_n will_v object_v to_o every_o particular_a man_n in_o this_o manner_n thou_o have_v do_v these_o and_o these_o thing_n this_o and_o that_o thou_o have_v perpetrate_v yet_o i_o have_v be_v silent_a 49.21_o ps_n 49.21_o now_o thy_o own_o conscience_n accuse_v thou_o nor_o may_v thou_o thy_o self_n be_v judge_n obtain_v pardon_n alas_o poor_a wretched_a man_n what_o then_o will_v thou_o answer_v what_o patron_n will_v thou_o seek_v too_o when_o the_o just_a man_n shall_v hardly_o be_v secure_a hell_n and_o perdition_n be_v before_o our_o lord_n how_o much_o more_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o
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