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the_o son_n of_o the_o most_o holy_a virgin_n mary_n bestow_v on_o we_o thy_o mercy_n grace_n wisdom_n charity_n chastity_n humility_n and_o patience_n in_o all_o our_o adversity_n and_o extremity_n that_o we_o may_v always_o bless_v glorify_v honour_n and_o praise_n jesus_n amen_n laus_fw-la tri-uni_a deo_fw-la finis_fw-la eccles_n 1._o eccle._n 12._o esay_n 30_o a_o simile_n what_o we_o be_v to_o do_v in_o the_o morning_n what_o we_o be_v to_o do_v at_o night_n what_o we_o be_v to_o do_v when_o the_o hour_n sound_v what_o we_o be_v to_o do_v when_o we_o sit_v at_o meat_n a_o prayer_n against_o temptation_n a_o prayer_n john_n 17._o jerem._n 20._o hugo_n lib._n 3._o de_fw-la anima_fw-la what_o man_n be_v before_o he_o be_v bear_v eccles_n 3._o s._n augustine_n s._n bernard_n in_o his_o meditation_n innocentius_n of_o the_o misery_n of_o man_n life_n job_n 14_o go_v 3_o job_n 10_o job_n 21_o isidore_n chrysost._n epist._n add_v the_o odor_n lap_n the_o devil_n be_v the_o king_n of_o pride_n job._n 41._o greg._n lib._n 34._o moral_a cap._n 25._o 1_o john_n 3._o sin_n be_v to_o be_v eschew_v for_o three_o thing_n job._n 7._o apoc._n 2._o esay_n 53._o ibidem_fw-la god_n plagu_v and_o punish_v sin_n every_o where_o micah_n 7._o a_o simile_n a_o simile_n psal._n 51._o sin_n make_v the_o devil_n merry_a gen._n 14._o gregory_n a_o simile_n job_n 1._o job_n 30._o 1_o pet._n 5._o job_n 40._o luke_n 15._o the_o damage_n and_o hurt_n that_o come_v to_o the_o soul_n by_o sin_n esay_n 59_o augustine_n ezra_n 6._o ester_n 7._o prou._n 19_o lib._n 3._o the_o consol_n philoso_n cap._n 1._o soph._n 2._o psal._n 21._o esay_n 59_o a_o simile_n esay_n 10._o august_n ser._n 144._o the_o tempt_v lib._n 4._o de_fw-la consola_fw-la philos._n psal._n 49._o 1_o john_n 3._o john_n 8._o math._n 16._o luke_n 9_o hier._n in_o a_o epistle_n to_o susanna_n high_a in_o a_o epistle_n to_o juliana_n cap._n true_a repentance_n august_n in_o his_o soliloquy_n three_o part_n of_o repentance_n contrition_n what_o it_o be_v in_o his_o 16._o sermon_n upon_o the_o cant._n august_n cassianus_n upon_o the_o 120._o psalm_n chrysost._n of_o the_o compunction_n of_o the_o hart_n confession_n in_o his_o 30._o sermon_n to_o the_o brethren_n in_o the_o wilderness_n in_o his_o 5â—_n sermon_n de_fw-fr tempore_fw-la jerem._n 8._o isidor_n lib._n de_fw-fr etym._n leo_n in_o a_o sermon_n satisfaction_n augustine_n in_o his_o soliloquity_n gregory_n hom_o 5_o ad_fw-la monachos_fw-la augustine_n in_o psal_n 50_o in_o what_o thing_n satisfaction_n consist_v 1_o john_n 2_o ecclus_n 35_o luke_n 11_o the_o fruit_n of_o almsdeed_n prou_z 16_o 2_o king_n 4._o esay_n 58._o tob_z 4_o lib._n 18._o moral_a c._n 10_o 1_o king_n 1â—_n prou_z 3_o three_o