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wilderness_n holy_a job_n say_v thus_o nun_n ipse_fw-la considerate_a vias_fw-la tuas_fw-la 31.4_o job._n 31.4_o &_o cunctos_fw-la gressus_fw-la meos_fw-la dinumerat_fw-la god_n stand_v behold_v i_o and_o as_o a_o true_a eyewitness_n count_v the_o pace_n which_o i_o make_v and_o who_o then_o be_v that_o man_n who_o will_v presume_v to_o sin_n or_o to_o do_v any_o thing_n amiss_o on_o the_o other_o side_n all_o the_o disorder_n note_n note_n and_o perdition_n of_o the_o wicked_a do_v proceed_v from_o their_o not_o consider_v that_o god_n be_v present_a &_o behold_v they_o according_a to_o that_o which_o the_o holy_a scripture_n do_v so_o often_o repeat_v in_o the_o person_n of_o wicked_a man_n et_fw-la dixisti_fw-la 4_o isa_n 47.10_o jerem._n 1â—_n 4_o non_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la videat_fw-la i_o et_fw-la non_fw-la videbit_fw-la novissima_fw-la nostra_fw-la and_o so_o do_v s._n hierome_n note_v it_o upon_o the_o seven_o chapter_n of_o ezachiel_n hierome_n hierome_n where_o the_o prophet_n reprove_v jerusalem_n for_o the_o many_o vice_n and_o sin_n which_o it_o be_v subject_a to_o grow_v to_o say_v that_o the_o cause_n of_o they_o all_o be_v for_o that_o that_o city_n have_v forget_v god_n and_o he_o assign_v also_o the_o same_o cause_n when_o he_o interprete_v many_o other_o place_n of_o scripture_n for_o as_o a_o horse_n without_o a_o bridle_n and_o a_o ship_n without_o a_o stern_a run_v upon_o precipice_n and_o rock_n so_o if_o you_o take_v this_o bridle_n out_o of_o the_o mouth_n of_o man_n he_o rum_v headlong_o after_o his_o own_o inordinate_a appetite_n and_o passion_n non_fw-fr est_fw-fr deus_fw-la in_o conspectu_fw-la eius_fw-la inquinatae_fw-la sunt_fw-la viae_fw-la illius_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la tempore_fw-la 9.26_o psa_fw-la 9.26_o say_v the_o prophet_n david_n he_o carry_v not_o god_n before_o his_o eye_n he_o consider_v he_o not_o as_o present_v before_o he_o and_o therefore_o be_v his_o way_n which_o be_v his_o work_n all_o defile_v still_o with_o 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