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strength_n to_o defend_v hâ—m_n scipio_n nasara_o that_o soul_n of_o valour_n and_o wisdom_n will_v have_v carthage_n spare_v for_o no_o other_o reason_n then_o to_o keep_v the_o roman_n awake_v god_n himself_o place_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o israel_n the_o hetheans_n gergezean_n amorrhean_o châ—naneans_n pâ—erezeans_n heveans_n jâ—â—â—zeans_n most_o potâ—st_a enemy_n lest_o israel_n shoulâ—_n sleep_n in_o vice_n and_o iniquity_n and_o to_o mâ—â—ster_v they_o occasion_n of_o perpetual_a war_n anâ—_n victory_n david_n before_o he_o be_v proclaim_v king_n shroud_v himself_o in_o the_o den_n of_o wild_a beast_n hardly_o secure_v from_o the_o secret_a practice_n of_o his_o enemy_n he_o make_v a_o scruple_n even_o to_o touch_v saul_n his_o mortal_a enemy_n but_o when_o he_o have_v purchase_v his_o peace_n and_o flow_v in_o pleasure_n and_o idleness_n he_o fear_v not_o by_o letter_n to_o procure_v the_o death_n of_o his_o most_o faithful_a servant_n urias_n the_o church_n of_o god_n never_o 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his_o grievous_o lament_v for_o some_o disaster_n where_o show_v he_o all_o the_o house_n under_o he_o in_o that_o great_a city_n he_o speak_v in_o etc._n lipsius_n l._n â—_o const_n c._n 20._o etc._n etc._n this_o manner_n do_v but_o consider_v how_o great_a mourning_n and_o lamentation_n there_o be_v have_v be_v and_o hereafter_o will_v be_v in_o thâ—se_a house_n and_o thereby_o comfort_v yourself_o and_o lay_v aside_o all_o frivolous_a complaint_n the_o same_o must_v we_o do_v and_o present_v these_o infinite_a misery_n to_o the_o eye_n of_o all_o those_o who_o bewail_v our_o age_n as_o the_o most_o deplorable_a be_v of_o good_a comfort_n that_o which_o we_o repute_v a_o loss_n be_v a_o preservation_n with_o these_o mild_a affliction_n our_o good_a god_n purge_v as_o it_o be_v and_o expiate_v our_o offence_n after_o we_o have_v pass_v through_o fire_n and_o water_n he_o will_v bring_v we_o to_o a_o place_n of_o rest_n and_o happiness_n you_o be_v sure_a of_o the_o one_o and_o may_v expect_v another_o sect._n iii_o a_o cloak_n i_o call_v that_o affliction_n a_o cloak_n which_o be_v shape_v by_o 〈◊〉_d himself_o or_o else_o come_v from_o some_o other_o cause_n be_v augment_v by_o his_o own_o vain_a perswafion_n certain_o every_o thing_n appear_v according_a to_o the_o shape_n and_o form_n which_o a_o man_n give_v it_o it_o be_v incredible_a how_o powerful_a the_o imagination_n or_o conceit_n be_v in_o this_o kind_n sometime_o through_o conceit_n we_o fall_v sick_a yea_o be_v kill_v outright_o now_o and_o then_o it_o happen_v that_o two_o man_n be_v load_v even_o with_o the_o very_a same_o cross_n yet_o the_o one_o have_v a_o more_o generous_a spirit_n think_v he_o as_o light_v as_o a_o feather_n the_o other_o surcharge_v with_o abject_a and_o melancholy_a thought_n call_v his_o a_o cross_n of_o lead_n here_o the_o same_o thing_n by_o several_a conceit_n be_v diversify_v oftentimes_o the_o heaviness_n and_o weight_n of_o the_o cross_n correspond_v to_o the_o 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a_o foot_n all_o which_o climacus_n admire_v with_o silence_n but_o be_v ashamed_a so_o much_o as_o once_o to_o cast_v a_o eye_n upon_o that_o venerable_a gâ—â—y_a head_n after_o this_o manner_n stand_v this_o old_a man_n a_o spectacle_n worthy_a of_o heaven_n till_o dinner_n be_v end_v and_o when_o all_o arise_v from_o table_n he_o be_v command_v to_o depart_v 1._o expectant_a expâ—ctavi_fw-la domiâ—num_fw-la &_o intendio_fw-la mihi_fw-la psa_fw-la 30._o 1._o and_o recite_v the_o beginning_n of_o the_o three_o and_o thirty_o psalm_n climacus_n astonish_v at_o this_o spectacle_n and_o move_v with_o a_o religious_a curiosity_n call_v aside_o this_o old_a man_n who_o have_v stand_v there_o so_o long_o father_n say_v he_o what_o i_o beseech_v you_o do_v you_o think_v when_o you_o stand_v at_o the_o table_n so_o long_o a_o time_n without_o your_o dinner_n the_o old_a man_n mild_o reply_v i_o imagine_v this_o to_o be_v rather_o the_o command_n of_o god_n then_o of_o man_n wherefore_o grad_v climac_n grad_v 4._o p._n 7_o ab_fw-la uâ—iâ—â—â—_n quarti_fw-la grad_v persuade_v myself_o that_o i_o stand_v not_o at_o the_o table_n but_o before_o god_n i_o present_v my_o prayer_n to_o he_o and_o by_o this_o mean_n admit_v not_o so_o much_o as_o the_o least_o evil_a conceit_n against_o my_o superior_a behold_v a_o excellent_a point_n of_o art_n to_o be_v practise_v in_o the_o school_n of_o patience_n certain_o every_o thing_n appear_v unto_o we_o according_a to_o the_o figure_n or_o cloak_n we_o cast_v upon_o it_o such_o i_o mean_v as_o we_o frame_v in_o our_o imagination_n if_o we_o invest_v it_o with_o a_o black_a mourn_a robe_n the_o aspect_n thereof_o will_v be_v doleful_a unto_o we_o if_o it_o be_v gloss_v over_o with_o a_o light_n and_o pleasant_a colour_n it_o will_v encourage_v we_o to_o embrace_v it_o with_o a_o undaunted_a resolution_n but_o sometime_o let_v he_o who_o will_v not_o grieve_v too_o much_o behold_v the_o thing_n itself_o naked_a and_o undisguised_a and_o 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