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mortalium_fw-la est_fw-la omnisque_fw-la foelicitas_fw-la seculi_fw-la dum_fw-la tenctur_n amittitur_fw-la hieron_n in_o isaiah_n 38._o inter_fw-la peritura_fw-la vivimus_fw-la cur_n come_v quae_fw-la ad_fw-la usum_fw-la diuturna_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la ad_fw-la supplicium_fw-la diuturna_fw-la deposces_fw-la ambrose_n in_o luc._n 4._o t._n 5._o abulenfis_n in_o 2._o regum_fw-la c._n 15._o q_o 20._o &_o in_o c._n 17._o q._n 21_o quoties_fw-la juxta_fw-la sepulchrum_fw-la divit_fw-la be_v transit_fw-la be_v rogo_fw-la vos_fw-la ut_fw-la diligenter_fw-la inspiciat_fw-la be_v ubi_fw-la sunt_fw-la eorum_fw-la divitiae_fw-la vel_fw-la ornamenta_fw-la ubi_fw-la gloria_fw-la ubi_fw-la luxuriae_fw-la ubi_fw-la voluptas_fw-la &_o c_o attend_v add_v i_o et_fw-la intellige_fw-la considera_fw-la i_o &_o well_fw-mi fic_z tibi_fw-la horreat_fw-la luxuria_fw-la tua_fw-la vel_fw-la araritia_fw-la tua_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la tu_fw-la es_fw-la ego_fw-la fui_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la 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4._o quest_n answ_n prov._n 7._o 16_o gen._n 13._o 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o point_v 1_o 1._o 2._o 3._o ps_n 44._o 13._o psa_fw-la 31._o 1._o the_o reproach_n of_o professor_n the_o bitter_a jer._n 20._o 28._o publici_fw-la hostess_fw-la cyprianus_n co_n prianus_fw-la nondun_v foelix_fw-la es_fw-la si_fw-la nondum_fw-la te_fw-la turba_fw-la deriserit_fw-la si_fw-mi beatus_fw-la vis_fw-la esse_fw-la hoc_fw-la cogita_fw-la primum_fw-la contemnere_fw-la ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la contemni_fw-la sen._n lib._n de_fw-fr moribus_fw-la why_o god_n people_n be_v so_o reproach_v â—n_o the_o world_n 2._o 3._o 4._o euseb_n eccl_n hist_o l._n 4_o c._n 13._o 1._o malice_n be_v fruitful_a in_o invent_v reproach_n 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o 6._o neh._n 6._o 7._o 7._o 8._o judubiis_fw-la melior_fw-la est_fw-la conditio_fw-la possessoris_fw-la 9_o 10._o fortiter_fw-la calumniare_fw-la aliquid_fw-la haerebit_fw-la 5._o 6._o the_o sin_n of_o god_n people_n oft_o punish_v by_o reproach_n 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o si_fw-mi 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