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length_n open_v we_o find_v ourselves_o captivate_v in_o the_o city_n of_o our_o deadly_a enemy_n the_o devil_n seduce_v we_o away_o 2._o and_o if_o this_o vice_n be_v peculiar_a to_o vain_a worldling_n it_o be_v less_o to_o be_v fear_v by_o sober_a person_n but_o we_o read_v of_o the_o complaint_n of_o such_o as_o have_v sequester_v themselves_o from_o the_o world_n that_o have_v enclose_v themselves_o in_o bare_a wall_n and_o rude_a cell_n as_o well_o as_o of_o they_o who_o table_n be_v furnish_v with_o all_o manner_n of_o dainty_n and_o their_o parlour_n wainscoated_a with_o cedar_n who_o be_v clothe_v rugged_o and_o fare_v hardly_o and_o live_v abstemious_o yea_o repentance_n itself_o for_o such_o fowl_n miscarriage_n while_o the_o mind_n dwell_v too_o long_o upon_o the_o subject_n renew_v the_o subtle_a and_o sinful_a delectation_n nay_o which_o be_v most_o wonderful_a fast_n prescribe_v against_o the_o lust_n of_o the_o flesh_n shall_v end_v contrary_a to_o it_o the_o spirit_n of_o luxury_n say_v saint_n hierom_n boil_v by_o night_n breathe_v forth_o by_o day_n infest_v in_o sleep_n molest_v in_o business_n stupefy_v reason_n destroy_v advice_n disquiet_v the_o mind_n urge_v to_o fall_v ensnare_v the_o chaste_a burn_v more_o by_o use_n pollute_v the_o temple_n of_o god_n waste_v the_o substance_n deliver_v to_o we_o by_o our_o heavenly_a father_n turn_v man_n into_o a_o beast_n and_o enslave_v he_o with_o the_o worst_a of_o servitude_n to_o his_o animal_n part._n 3._o and_o if_o we_o consult_v ancient_a history_n we_o shall_v find_v that_o the_o great_a and_o most_o lamentable_a subversion_n of_o nation_n have_v be_v occasion_v by_o immoderate_a and_o unjust_a lusting_n as_o for_o instance_n the_o gaul_n invade_v italy_n take_v and_o sack_v rome_n itself_o be_v invite_v thither_o first_o by_o aruns_fw-la clusimus_fw-la in_o revenge_n against_o leucemon_n offer_v such_o violence_n to_o his_o wife_n and_o the_o exorbitant_a lust_n of_o vortiger_n the_o 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