Sed Hereberct diutina prius infirmitate decoquitur; illa, ut credibile est, dispensatione Dominicae pietatis, ut si quid minus haberet meriti a beato Cuthbercto, suppleret hoc castigans longae aegritudinis dolor: quatenus aequatus gratia suo intercessori, sicut uno eodemque tempore cum eo de corpore egredi, ita etiam una atque indissimili sede perpetuae beatitudinis meruisset recipi.
But Herbert was first tried in the fire of long sickness; that by such dispensation of the kindness of the Lord, as it is to be believed, any want of merit as he had in comparison of blessed Cuthbert might be filled up in the pain of long chastening sickness: so that being equal in grace with his predecessor that made prayer for him, even as he had deserved to depart out of the body at the selfsame time with him, so also he should be found worthy to be received into the selfsame and like seat of unending bliss.
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