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the_o soul_n so_o say_v saint_n chrysostome_n declare_v these_o word_n of_o christ_n our_o lord_n by_o this_o sentence_n christ_n our_o lord_n do_v make_v we_o know_v that_o it_o will_v not_o have_v profit_v the_o virgin_n to_o have_v bring_v forth_o the_o son_n of_o god_n if_o she_o have_v not_o withal_o be_v endow_v with_o that_o faith_n and_o incomparable_a sanctity_n which_o she_o have_v and_o therefore_o as_o i_o say_v if_o so_o great_a a_o dignity_n will_v not_o have_v profit_v the_o bless_a virgin_n without_o the_o virtue_n and_o sanctity_n of_o her_o soul_n how_o much_o more_o clear_a be_v it_o that_o it_o will_v serve_v we_o to_o little_a purpose_n before_o almighty_a god_n to_o have_v saint_n to_o our_o father_n or_o son_n or_o kindred_n or_o such_o other_o
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which_o be_v speak_v of_o by_o the_o psalmist_n psal_n 2._o god_n will_v defeare_n and_o destroy_v the_o strength_n and_o authority_n of_o they_o who_o desire_n and_o procure_v to_o please_v and_o give_v gust_n to_o man_n and_o have_v that_o for_o their_o end_n not_o look_v up_o towards_o god_n but_o down_o upon_o their_o own_o private_a interest_n and_o humour_n especial_o they_o who_o procure_v to_o please_v worldly_a man_n forbear_v to_o do_v those_o thing_n which_o they_o owe_v to_o god_n in_o respect_n of_o they_o these_o indeed_o shall_v be_v confound_v and_o put_v to_o shame_n by_o almighty_a god_n for_o both_o in_o this_o life_n even_o all_o their_o temporal_a hope_n shall_v prove_v vain_a and_o beside_o in_o the_o other_o life_n they_o shall_v be_v fulfil_v with_o shame_n and_o deliver_v over_o to_o eternal_a torment_n beside_o it_o be_v a_o defect_n and_o the_o fault_n of_o soothe_v to_o praise_v a_o man_n either_o for_o his_o wit_n or_o learning_n or_o for_o the_o talent_n and_o part_n which_o he_o have_v yea_o or_o even_o for_o his_o true_a virtue_n when_o it_o be_v likely_a that_o through_o his_o weakness_n or_o unmortify_v ill_a inclination_n he_o may_v fall_v into_o pride_n and_o vain_a complacence_n in_o himself_o or_o into_o any_o other_o prejudice_n of_o his_o soul_n saint_n augustine_n observe_v this_o in_o these_o word_n a_o hard_a thing_n it_o be_v that_o some_o little_a impurity_n of_o error_n do_v not_o stick_v to_o the_o hart_n of_o a_o man_n even_o though_o it_o be_v clean_a upon_o the_o praise_n of_o another_o unless_o indeed_o he_o shall_v have_v it_o so_o very_o clean_o as_o that_o be_v shall_v take_v no_o gust_n in_o they_o nor_o be_v touch_v by_o any_o vapour_n of_o they_o and_o unless_o the_o praise_n which_o they_o give_v he_o shall_v more_o content_v he_o for_o the_o good_a of_o they_o who_o praise_v he_o then_o for_o the_o comfort_n or_o honour_n or_o estimation_n which_o may_v grow_v thereby_o to_o himself_o and_o they_o he_o 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he_o do_v it_o by_o mean_n of_o praise_v another_o man_n for_o the_o same_o virtue_n and_o gift_n of_o he_o and_o then_o the_o detractor_n will_v have_v it_o think_v that_o the_o man_n who_o he_o mean_v to_o dispraise_v do_v want_v those_o virtue_n or_o else_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o contrary_a defect_n saint_n chrysostome_n note_v this_o vice_n in_o these_o word_n we_o do_v many_o good_a thing_n but_o not_o always_o with_o a_o good_a mind_n we_o praise_v many_o but_o not_o to_o the_o end_n that_o we_o may_v speak_v well_o of_o they_o but_o to_o detract_v and_o speak_v ill_a of_o other_o now_o that_o which_o we_o say_v be_v good_a because_o we_o praise_v virtue_n in_o another_o but_o the_o mind_n wherewith_o with_o we_o say_v it_o be_v infect_v with_o sin_n and_o set_v on_o work_n by_o satan_n for_o we_o pretend_v not_o to_o do_v he_o good_a who_o we_o praise_v but_o hurt_v to_o he_o who_o we_o dispraise_v these_o be_v the_o defect_n and_o vice_n which_o grow_v by_o praisinge_v 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