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meditate_v in_o 119.55_o in_o psal_n 119.55_o i_o have_v remember_v thy_o name_n o_o lord_n in_o the_o night_n and_o have_v keep_v thy_o law_n and_o that_o time_n he_o take_v to_o lament_v his_o sin_n 6.6_o sin_n psal_n 6.6_o every_o night_n say_v he_o i_o make_v my_o bed_n to_o swim_v and_o water_v my_o couch_n with_o my_o tear_n and_o that_o time_n he_o take_v also_o to_o examine_v his_o soul_n in_o 77.6_o in_o psal_n 77.6_o i_o call_v to_o remembrance_n my_o song_n in_o the_o night_n i_o comune_v with_o my_o own_o heart_n etc._n etc._n and_o that_o time_n he_o bid_v we_o also_o take_v for_o the_o like_a purpose_n 4.4_o purpose_n psal_n 4.4_o commune_fw-la with_o your_o own_o heart_n upon_o your_o bed_n and_o be_v still_o upon_o which_o word_n of_o the_o prophet_n we_o have_v this_o note_n give_v we_o by_o st._n chrysostom_n d._n chrysostom_n post_fw-la coenom_fw-la inquit_fw-la quande_fw-la ilis_fw-la dormilum_fw-la quande_fw-la estis_fw-la decubituri_fw-la et_fw-la nullo_n praesonte_fw-fr multae_fw-la quies_fw-la et_fw-la silentium_fw-la et_fw-la nen_fw-mi ine_z interturbante_fw-la profunda_fw-la tranquillitas_fw-la excita_fw-la iudicium_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la quande_fw-la neque_fw-la amicus_fw-la interturbat_fw-la nec_fw-la famulus_fw-la irritat_fw-la nec_fw-la turba_fw-la negotiorum_fw-la urget_fw-la tunc_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la interdiu_fw-la astae_fw-la rationem_fw-la exigite_fw-la chryso_n expos_fw-la in_o psal_n 4.4_o pag._n 26._o c_o d._n what_o mean_v this_o say_v he_o that_o he_o say_v commune_fw-la with_o your_o beart_n upon_o your_o bed_n etc._n etc._n and_o he_o answer_v it_o be_v this_o after_o supper_n time_n when_o you_o be_v go_v to_o sleep_v and_o be_v ready_a to_o lie_v down_o on_o bed_n and_o have_v great_a quietness_n and_o silence_n without_o the_o presence_n or_o disturbance_n of_o any_o then_o erect_v a_o tribunal_n for_o the_o conscience_n and_o a_o little_a after_o when_o neither_o friend_n do_v disturb_v thou_o nor_o servant_n provoke_v thou_o nor_o multitude_n of_o business_n do_v press_v thou_o then_o take_v account_n of_o thy_o life_n what_o thou_o have_v do_v in_o the_o day_n time_n before_o and_o the_o same_o father_n in_o another_o place_n 1005._o place_n quum_fw-la in_o lecte_fw-la tuo_fw-la iaces_fw-la nec_fw-la quisquam_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la tibi_fw-la negotium_fw-la facessas_fw-la antequam_fw-la somnus_o irrepat_o libellum_fw-la in_o medium_n produc_fw-la et_fw-la peccatae_fw-la tua_fw-la teeum_fw-la reputa_fw-la dicens_fw-la apud_fw-la teipsum_fw-la numquid_fw-la hodier_n no_o die_n well_fw-mi sermone_fw-la vel_fw-la opere_fw-la peecavi_fw-la chrysost_n hom._n 2._o in_o psal_n 50._o pag._n 1004_o 1005._o when_o thou_o lay_v thou_o down_o upon_o thy_o bed_n and_o no_o man_n be_v by_o to_o disturb_v thou_o before_o sleep_v come_v on_o bring_v forth_o the_o book_n of_o thy_o conscience_n and_o recount_v thy_o sin_n with_o thyself_o say_v to_o thyself_o have_v i_o this_o day_n offend_v in_o word_n or_o deed_n he_o add_v 1005._o add_v viurne_v tempore_fw-la id_fw-la faciendâ—_n spacium_fw-la non_fw-la habes_fw-la verum_fw-la et_fw-la praesectorum_fw-la metus_fw-la et_fw-la sodalium_fw-la collequia_fw-la at_o negatiorum_fw-la eura_fw-la et_fw-la alendae_fw-la prolis_fw-la fludium_fw-la et_fw-la uxoris_fw-la procuratio_fw-la as_o parandae_fw-la mensae_fw-la sollicitucle_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 1005._o in_o the_o day_n thou_o have_v not_o time_n for_o this_o work_n but_o fear_v of_o superior_n &_o conference_n with_o friend_n and_o care_n of_o business_n and_o forecast_v for_o education_n of_o child_n and_o provision_n for_o wife_n and_o preparation_n for_o diet_n and_o a_o thousand_o thing_n beside_o do_v distract_v thou_o and_o to_o like_o purpose_n s._n basil_n c._n basil_n complete_a iam_fw-la die_v ommique_fw-la opere_fw-la cùm_fw-la corporis_fw-la tum_fw-la spiritus_fw-la etiam_fw-la absoluto_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basil_n to_o 2._o de_fw-la instit_fw-la monarc_n in_o fine_a pag._n 396._o c._n when_o the_o day_n say_v he_o be_v end_v and_o business_n be_v past_a before_o rest_n or_o sleep_v it_o be_v expedient_a that_o every_o man_n conscience_n shall_v be_v judge_v of_o his_o own_o heart_n etc._n etc._n and_o dorotheus_n say_v 814._o say_v docuerunt_fw-la nos_fw-la saepe_fw-la patres_fw-la nostri_fw-la qúe_fw-la pacto_fw-la purgemus_fw-la nosipsos_fw-la per_fw-la fingulos_fw-la dies_fw-la ut_fw-la scilicet_fw-la in_o vesperam_fw-la perscrutemur_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la quomedo_fw-la transactam_fw-la diem_fw-la exegerimus_fw-la et_fw-la rursum_fw-la manè_fw-la quomodo_fw-la nocten_o etc._n etc._n doroth._n to_o 1._o biblio_fw-la patrun_v edit_n graecol_n doctrina_fw-la 11._o pag._n 814._o that_o it_o be_v a_o rule_n from_o their_o forefather_n how_o man_n ought_v to_o cleanse_v themselves_o that_o in_o the_o evening_n they_o shall_v question_v themselves_o how_o they_o have_v pass_v the_o day_n and_o again_o in_o the_o morning_n how_o they_o have_v pass_v the_o night_n and_o bernard_n d._n bernard_n sedeat_fw-la iudicaus_fw-la iustitia_fw-la stet_fw-la rea_fw-la et_fw-la seipsum_fw-la accusans_fw-la conscientia_fw-la neme_n te_fw-la plus_fw-la deligit_fw-la neme_fw-fr te_fw-la fideliùs_fw-la iudicabit_fw-la manè_fw-la praeteritae_fw-la noctis_fw-la fac_fw-la a_o teipso_fw-la exactionem_fw-la et_fw-la venturae_fw-la diei_fw-la tu_fw-la tibi_fw-la indicito_fw-la cautionem_fw-la vespere_fw-la diei_fw-la praeteritae_fw-la rationemexige_fw-la et_fw-la superuenientis_fw-la noctis_fw-la fac_fw-la indictionem_fw-la bernard_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la solitar_n ad_fw-la fratres_fw-la de_fw-fr monte_fw-fr dei_fw-la pag._n 1029._o d._n let_v justice_n sit_v and_o judge_v let_v the_o conscience_n stand_v implead_v and_o accuse_v itself_o no_o man_n love_v thou_o more_o nor_o no_o man_n will_v judge_v thou_o better_o in_o the_o morning_n exact_v a_o account_n of_o the_o night_n past_a 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ad_fw-la fratres_fw-la de_fw-fr monte_fw-fr dei_fw-la pag._n 1020._o i._o that_o he_o speak_v this_o not_o false_o out_o of_o rashness_n and_o temerity_n but_o feel_o and_o out_o of_o the_o sense_n and_o esteem_v that_o he_o have_v of_o his_o sin_n for_o he_o that_o by_o examine_v himself_o do_v thorough_o understand_v himself_o think_v no_o man_n sin_n to_o be_v equal_a to_o his_o own_o which_o he_o know_v not_o so_o well_o as_o his_o own_o and_o therefore_o if_o man_n will_v careful_o perform_v this_o work_n in_o examine_v themselves_o they_o will_v not_o rash_o condemn_v other_o without_o cause_n four_o despair_n four_o examination_n comfort_v against_o despair_n this_o daily_a reckon_n with_o ourselves_o will_v be_v a_o mean_n to_o strengthen_v we_o against_o despair_n and_o to_o comfort_v we_o in_o a_o time_n of_o tentation_n and_o fear_n for_o if_o the_o devil_n shall_v present_v our_o sin_n before_o our_o face_n and_o aggravate_v they_o that_o he_o may_v drive_v we_o to_o 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