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understand_v they_o of_o the_o soul_n that_o sin_v without_o scourge_n which_o thereby_o wax_v wild_a fruitless_a &_o full_a of_o weed_n a_o more_o plain_a say_n for_o this_o purpose_n we_o have_v in_o the_o second_o of_o the_o maccabee_n where_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o these_o word_n warn_v we_o of_o it_o â—_o obsecro_fw-la autem_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la hunc_fw-la librum_fw-la lecturi_fw-la sunt_fw-la ne_fw-la abhorrescant_fw-la propter_fw-la adversos_fw-la casus_fw-la sed_fw-la reputent_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la acciderunt_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la interitum_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la correctionem_fw-la esse_fw-la generis_fw-la nostri_fw-la etenim_fw-la multo_fw-la tempore_fw-la non_fw-la sinere_fw-la peccatoribus_fw-la ex_fw-la sententia_fw-la vivere_fw-la sed_fw-la statim_fw-la ultiones_fw-la adhibere_fw-la magni_fw-la beneficy_n est_fw-la indicium_fw-la i_o beseech_v they_o that_o shall_v read_v this_o book_n that_o they_o be_v not_o terify_v by_o these_o adversity_n but_o rather_o deem_v those_o thing_n which_o have_v happen_v to_o be_v rather_o to_o the_o amendment_n than_o destruction_n of_o our_o nation_n for_o it_o be_v a_o token_n of_o a_o great_a benefit_n not_o to_o suffer_v sinner_n to_o have_v long_o time_n their_o designemente_n but_o straight_o to_o send_v they_o revenge_n for_o god_n deal_v not_o with_o we_o as_o with_o other_o nation_n who_o sin_n he_o leave_v to_o the_o last_o day_n to_o be_v punish_v together_o but_o though_o he_o never_o remove_v his_o mercy_n from_o we_o he_o chastisinge_v never_o forsake_v we_o in_o our_o trouble_n well_o therefore_o say_v s._n augustine_n 99_o vnde_fw-la plangis_fw-la quod_fw-la pateris_fw-la medicina_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la paena_fw-la castigatio_fw-la non_fw-la damnatio_fw-la noli_fw-la repellire_fw-la flagellum_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la vis_fw-la repelli_fw-la ab_fw-la haereditate_fw-la noli_fw-la attendere_fw-la quam_fw-la paenam_fw-la habeas_fw-la in_o flagello_fw-la sed_fw-la quem_fw-la 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there_o that_o run_v dalyinge_v like_o ox_n to_o the_o stall_n and_o prepare_v their_o way_n to_o hell_n with_o sing_v &_o dance_v dimisit_fw-la eos_fw-la say_v david_n secundum_fw-la desideria_fw-la cordis_fw-la eorum_fw-la 30._o ibunt_fw-la ad_fw-la inventionibus_fw-la suis._n he_o have_v give_v they_o over_o to_o their_o own_o heart_n desire_n they_o shall_v go_v on_o their_o own_o devise_n but_o howsoever_o they_o prosper_v here_o in_o all_o their_o attempt_n and_o worldelye_o way_n portant_fw-la peccatum_fw-la suum_fw-la they_o carry_v their_o sin_n with_o they_o and_o in_o they_o be_v that_o say_v of_o job_n verify_v ducunt_fw-la in_o bonis_fw-la dies_fw-la suos_fw-la 21_o &_o in_o puncto_fw-la ad_fw-la inferna_fw-la descendunt_fw-la they_o pass_v their_o day_n in_o iollitye_n and_o in_o a_o moment_n they_o tumble_v into_o hell_n 72._o in_o this_o life_n true_a it_o be_v they_o be_v not_o partaker_n of_o the_o toil_n of_o other_o man_n and_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v scourge_v 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