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to_o reject_v all_o remedy_n and_o contemptuous_o spurn_v at_o all_o admonition_n whereupon_o clemens_n alexandrâ—…us_n give_v it_o this_o proper_a epithet_n paedag_n lib._n â—_o paedag_n immedicabdem_n a_o incurable_a disease_n christ_n say_v in_o s._n mark_n be_v gospel_n 4.10_o marc._n 4.10_o the_o deceitfulnes_n of_o riches_n and_o concupiscence_n about_o other_o thing_n enâ—…ing_v aâ—_n choke_v the_o word_n and_o make_v it_o fruitless_a when_o a_o fire_n have_v once_o get_v into_o a_o wood_n there_o be_v no_o need_n to_o carry_v any_o more_o fuel_n to_o that_o which_o have_v such_o stoâ—e_n to_o maintâ—yne_v itself_o we_o miserable_a wretch_n be_v like_o a_o wood_n if_o the_o fire_n of_o lust_n once_o take_v hold_n of_o we_o it_o find_v continual_o new_a fuel_n whereby_o it_o be_v more_o &_o more_o augment_v and_o surest_o no_o vice_n so_o obstinate_o and_o stubborn_o resist_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n most_o plain_o do_v the_o wise_a man_n witness_n as_o much_o 21.18_o eccl._n 21.18_o the_o luxurious_a man_n have_v hear_v a_o wise_a wâ—…d_n and_o it_o shall_v displease_v he_o and_o he_o will_v cast_v 〈◊〉_d behind_o his_o back_n osee_n agree_v with_o he_o say_v 5.4_o osee_n 5.4_o they_o will_v not_o apply_v their_o mind_n to_o return_v to_o their_o god_n because_o the_o spirit_n of_o fornication_n be_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o they_o and_o they_o have_v not_o know_v the_o lord_n therefore_o turn_v thyself_o away_o fly_v and_o detest_v whatsoever_o savour_v of_o venery_n or_o lust_n be_v thou_o suspicious_a of_o all_o manner_n of_o incontinency_n this_o be_v the_o will_n of_o god_n your_o sanctification_n 4.3_o 1._o thess_n 4.3_o the_o three_o head_n the_o sin_n of_o the_o flesh_n be_v a_o very_a common_a vice_n i_o shall_v commit_v no_o error_n if_o i_o say_v that_o almost_o the_o whole_a world_n burn_v with_o this_o most_o detestable_a and_o pestilent_a fire_n this_o
luxury_n do_v not_o only_o creep_v into_o the_o palace_n and_o castle_n of_o king_n but_o enter_v even_o into_o the_o poor_a folk_n shed_n &_o cottage_n it_o not_o only_o assail_v man_n couâ—hed_v in_o featherbed_n but_o also_o lie_v in_o straw_n not_o only_o provoke_v young_a man_n in_o their_o flourish_a age_n to_o dishonesty_n but_o those_o also_o sometime_o that_o be_v old_a and_o decrepit_a al_n of_o each_o sex_n state_n &_o condition_n ought_v to_o be_v the_o more_o cautelous_a and_o wary_a in_o shun_v this_o vice_n &_o fly_v all_o occasion_n consider_v how_o secret_o it_o creep_v and_o sudden_o seize_v on_o the_o heart_n of_o all_o sort_n of_o people_n the_o sense_n and_o cogitation_n of_o man_n hart_n be_v prone_a to_o evil_a from_o their_o youth_n â—1_n gen._n 8._o â—1_n lust_n never_o die_v through_o old_a age_n this_o mischief_n be_v never_o overwhelm_v with_o time_n nor_o bury_v in_o oblivion_n this_o vice_n be_v to_o be_v prosecute_v without_o end_n or_o measure_n for_o 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very_o he_o be_v transform_v into_o a_o hog_n who_o hâ—…ing_v purity_n wallow_v in_o the_o mire_n of_o lust_n let_v not_o such_o man_n â—uer_o hope_v to_o have_v any_o society_n with_o the_o angel_n those_o most_o chaste_a and_o pure_a spiritâ—_n love_v they_o most_o entire_o who_o perfect_o seek_v to_o resemble_v they_o in_o purity_n they_o abhor_v â—nd_v dear_a all_o that_o they_o see_v unclean_a or_o impure_a they_o have_v no_o familiarity_n nor_o society_n but_o with_o they_o only_o thâ—…â—re_v lover_n of_o chastity_n and_o integrity_n those_o that_o be_v like_o goat_n and_o swine_n be_v to_o they_o most_o abominable_a but_o if_o they_o know_v any_o man_n that_o be_v a_o fervent_a lover_n of_o chastity_n they_o admit_v he_o as_o their_o most_o intimate_a friend_n and_o make_v he_o a_o angel_n for_o such_o be_v as_o the_o angel_n of_o god_n in_o heaven_n 22.30_o matth._n 22.30_o nothing_o be_v more_o excellent_a than_o a_o single_a life_n it_o be_v very_o easy_a for_o he_o 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from_o whence_o they_o have_v fall_v after_o the_o evapourated_a moment_n of_o concupiscence_n sigh_v after_o heaven_n very_o fit_o he_o term_n obscene_a pleasure_n of_o the_o flesh_n a_o instant_n a_o evaporate_v moment_n for_o it_o vanish_v before_o a_o man_n sufficient_o take_v notice_n of_o it_o divine_o have_v boetius_fw-la express_v this_o in_o his_o verse_n 7._o lib._n â—_o de_fw-fr con_fw-la phil_n metro_n 7._o habet_fw-la omnis_fw-la hoc_fw-la voluptas_fw-la stimulis_fw-la agit_fw-fr fruentes_fw-la apiumque_fw-la par_fw-fr volanâ—um_fw-la vbi_fw-la grata_fw-la â—…ella_fw-la fudit_fw-la fugit_fw-la &_o nimis_fw-la tenaci_fw-la ferit_n icta_fw-la corda_fw-la morsâ—…_n all_o pleasure_n those_o it_o do_v delight_n drive_v headlong_o with_o a_o furious_a sting_n and_o like_o the_o bee_n with_o wander_a flight_n do_v first_o delicious_a honey_n bring_v but_o soon_o depart_v and_o in_o the_o mind_n a_o deep_a remorse_n it_o leave_v behind_o youth_n and_o pleasure_n be_v vain_a say_v 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