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the_o two_o precedent_a principle_n p._n 9_o iii_o article_n st._n augustin_n have_v establish_v these_o two_o principle_n answer_v a_o objection_n p._n 11._o iv_o article_n the_o three_o principle_n of_o st._n augustin_n that_o there_o be_v among_o christian_n two_o sort_n of_o fear_n to_o displease_v god_n p._n 14._o v._o article_n other_o principle_n of_o st._n augustin_n that_o we_o be_v not_o happy_a in_o this_o life_n but_o by_o the_o hope_n and_o by_o the_o desire_n of_o eternal_a good_n etc._n etc._n p._n 21._o vi_o article_n the_o father_n who_o precede_v and_o follow_v st._n augustin_n explicate_v themselves_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o he_o do_v upon_o the_o same_o subject_a p._n 32._o tertullian_n say_v that_o christian_n be_v distinguish_v from_o all_o other_o man_n by_o the_o desire_n they_o have_v of_o death_n that_o they_o look_v upon_o it_o as_o a_o grace_n which_o be_v to_o crown_v all_o the_o other_o grace_n and_o that_o it_o be_v principal_o that_o which_o 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consider_v by_o christian_n as_o a_o passage_n from_o the_o misery_n of_o this_o life_n to_o a_o glorious_a immortality_n p._n 48._o viii_o article_n the_o sentiment_n of_o st._n gregory_n of_o nazian_n concern_v the_o obligation_n which_o christian_n have_v to_o contemn_v life_n and_o to_o cover_v death_n p._n 54._o ix_o article_n the_o abridgement_n of_o a_o discourse_n of_o st._n gregory_n bishop_n of_o nisse_fw-la wherein_o he_o show_v that_o we_o shall_v be_v so_o far_o from_o lament_v they_o who_o go_v forth_o of_o this_o life_n that_o we_o shall_v rather_o envy_v and_o desire_v their_o happiness_n p._n 62._o x._o article_n a_o abridgement_n of_o a_o treatise_n which_o st._n ambrose_n make_v de_fw-mi bono_fw-mi mortis_fw-la of_o the_o good_a of_o death_n where_o he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v death_n which_o deliver_v we_o from_o the_o misery_n of_o this_o life_n and_o from_o the_o servitude_n of_o sin_n etc._n etc._n p._n 77._o xi_o article_n a_o excellent_a dostrine_n of_o st._n 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this_o life_n do_v more_o touch_v he_o than_o all_o his_o pain_n and_o all_o his_o affliction_n article_n xxv_o a_o most_o true_a and_o edificatory_a observation_n s._n augustin_n that_o god_n by_o a_o particular_a mercy_n besprinkle_v the_o great_a sweet_n of_o this_o world_n with_o bitterness_n and_o permit_v that_o his_o elect_n shall_v be_v afflict_v with_o disease_n with_o contradiction_n and_o with_o calumny_n thereby_o to_o give_v they_o cause_n to_o contemn_v life_n and_o to_o desire_v death_n a_o soul_n which_o have_v not_o yet_o a_o sufficient_a courage_n to_o walk_v without_o weariness_n in_o the_o way_n of_o heaven_n joan._n tract_n 6._o in_o joan._n seek_v among_o the_o good_n of_o the_o earth_n for_o some_o mitigation_n of_o the_o pain_n which_o she_o meet_v withal_o in_o her_o march_n passim_fw-la in_o ps_n 83._o &_o passim_fw-la the_o difficulty_n which_o this_o soul_n find_v in_o keep_v herself_o in_o a_o continual_a disposition_n to_o follow_v the_o divine_a 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etc._n tract_n 5._o in_o joan._n etc._n etc._n the_o sorrow_n for_o be_v so_o long_o separate_v from_o so_o great_a a_o good_a be_v that_o which_o ought_v to_o cause_v all_o your_o sigh_n and_o all_o your_o tear_n interior_a sigh_v be_v a_o gift_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n when_o we_o be_v once_o inflame_v with_o his_o love_n how_o shall_v we_o choose_v but_o sigh_n and_o languish_v in_o this_o our_o banishment_n know_v that_o we_o have_v no_o true_a country_n but_o heaven_n and_o that_o this_o exile_n which_o separate_v we_o from_o it_o be_v the_o punishment_n of_o our_o sin_n carnal_a christian_n who_o breathe_v nothing_o but_o the_o good_n and_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o who_o content_n themselves_o with_o a_o vain_a and_o transitory_a felicity_n be_v afflict_v at_o the_o loss_n of_o good_n at_o sickness_n at_o imprisonment_n at_o banishment_n at_o shipwreck_n at_o calumny_n they_o sigh_v but_o their_o sigh_v proceed_v from_o their self_o love_n and_o from_o the_o 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