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whosoever_o he_o be_v that_o desire_v to_o live_v chaste_a to_o become_v a_o angel_n for_o if_o we_o believe_v s._n chrysostome_n ephes_n hom._n 25._o in_o epist_n ad_fw-la ephes_n christ_n bring_v from_o heaven_n the_o virtue_n of_o angel_n and_o it_o be_v a_o usual_a say_n of_o the_o holy_a father_n 42._o ambr._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr virg_n basil_n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la virgin_n cass_n l._n 6._o instis_fw-la c._n 6._o &_o l._n 12._o c._n 11._o bern._n ep._n 42._o the_o chaste_a life_n iâ—_n the_o life_n of_o angel_n neither_o be_v they_o deceive_v â—0_n deceive_v eccl._n 26._o â—0_n omnis_fw-la ponderatio_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la digna_fw-la contâ—…entis_fw-la anima_fw-la all_o weight_n be_v noâ—_n comparable_a to_o a_o continent_n foul_a note_v my_o edesimus_fw-la note_n all_o weight_n all_o aâ—_n be_v not_o comparable_a to_o a_o chaste_a mind_n propound_v now_o unto_o thyself_o the_o triumph_n of_o pompey_n the_o great_a glitter_a with_o golâ—_n &_o beset_v with_o gemmeâ—_n and_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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