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a_o deep_a injury_n than_o the_o downright_a blow_n of_o the_o devil_n it_o be_v not_o the_o tear_n of_o our_o own_o eye_n only_o but_o of_o our_o friend_n also_o that_o do_v exhaust_v the_o current_n of_o our_o sorrow_n which_o fall_v into_o many_o stream_n run_v more_o peaceable_o and_o be_v content_v with_o a_o narrow_a channel_n it_o be_v a_o act_n within_o the_o power_n of_o charity_n to_o translate_v a_o passion_n out_o of_o one_o breast_n into_o another_o and_o to_o divide_v a_o sorrow_n almost_o out_o of_o itself_o for_o a_o affliction_n like_o a_o dimension_n may_v be_v so_o divide_v as_o if_o not_o indivisible_a at_o least_o to_o become_v insensible_a now_o with_o my_o friend_n i_o desire_v not_o to_o share_v or_o participate_v but_o to_o engross_v his_o sorrow_n that_o by_o make_v they_o my_o own_o i_o may_v more_o easy_o discuss_v they_o for_o in_o my_o own_o reason_n and_o within_o myself_o i_o can_v command_v that_o which_o i_o can_v entreat_v without_o myself_o and_o within_o the_o circle_n of_o another_o i_o have_v often_o think_v those_o noble_a pair_n and_o example_n of_o friendship_n not_o so_o true_o history_n of_o what_o have_v be_v as_o fiction_n of_o what_o shall_v be_v but_o i_o now_o perceive_v nothing_o in_o they_o but_o possibility_n nor_o any_o thing_n in_o the_o heroic_a example_n of_o damon_n and_o pythias_n achilles_n and_o patroclus_n which_o methinks_v upon_o some_o ground_n i_o can_v not_o perform_v within_o the_o narrow_a compass_n of_o myself_o that_o a_o man_n shall_v lay_v down_o his_o life_n for_o his_o friend_n seem_v strange_a to_o vulgar_a affection_n and_o such_o as_o confine_v themselves_o within_o that_o worldly_a principle_n charity_n begin_v at_o home_n for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o can_v never_o remember_v the_o relation_n that_o i_o hold_v unto_o myself_o nor_o the_o respect_n that_o i_o owe_v unto_o my_o own_o nature_n in_o the_o cause_n of_o god_n my_o country_n and_o my_o friend_n next_o to_o these_o three_o i_o do_v embrace_v myself_o i_o confess_v i_o do_v not_o observe_v that_o order_n that_o the_o school_n ordain_v our_o affection_n to_o love_v our_o parent_n wife_n child_n and_o then_o our_o friend_n for_o except_v the_o injunction_n of_o religior_fw-la i_o do_v not_o find_v in_o myself_o such_o a_o necessary_a and_o indissoluble_a sympathy_n to_o all_o those_o of_o my_o blood_n i_o hope_v i_o do_v not_o break_v the_o five_o commandment_n if_o i_o conceive_v i_o may_v love_v my_o friend_n before_o the_o near_a of_o my_o blood_n even_o those_o to_o who_o i_o owe_v the_o principle_n of_o life_n i_o never_o yet_o cast_v a_o true_a affection_n on_o a_o woman_n but_o i_o have_v love_v my_o friend_n as_o i_o do_v virtue_n my_o soul_n my_o god_n from_o hence_o i_o think_v i_o do_v conceive_v how_o god_n love_v man_n what_o happiness_n there_o be_v in_o the_o love_n of_o god_n omit_v all_o other_o there_o be_v three_o most_o mystical_a union_n two_o nature_n in_o one_o person_n three_o person_n in_o one_o nature_n one_o soul_n in_o two_o body_n for_o though_o indeed_o they_o be_v real_o divide_v yet_o be_v they_o so_o unite_v as_o they_o seem_v but_o one_o and_o make_v rather_o a_o duality_n than_o two_o distinct_a soul_n sect._n 6_o there_o be_v wonder_n in_o true_a affection_n it_o be_v a_o body_n of_o enigma_n be_v mystery_n and_o riddle_n wherein_o two_o so_o become_v one_o as_o they_o both_o become_v two_o i_o love_v my_o friend_n before_o myself_o and_o yet_o methinks_v i_o do_v not_o love_v he_o enough_o some_o few_o month_n hence_o my_o multiply_a affection_n will_v make_v i_o believe_v i_o have_v not_o love_v he_o at_o all_o when_o i_o be_o from_o he_o i_o be_o dead_a till_o i_o be_v with_o he_o when_o i_o be_o with_o he_o i_o be_o not_o satisfy_v but_o
i_o choose_v for_o my_o devotion_n but_o *_o our_o grosser_n memory_n have_v then_o so_o little_a hold_n of_o our_o abstract_a understanding_n that_o they_o forget_v the_o story_n and_o can_v only_o relate_v to_o our_o awake_v soul_n a_o confuse_a and_o break_a tale_n of_o that_o that_o have_v pass_v aristotle_n who_o have_v write_v a_o singular_a tract_n of_o sleep_n have_v not_o methinks_v thorough_o define_v it_o nor_o yet_o galen_n though_o he_o seem_v to_o have_v correct_v it_o for_o those_o noctambuloes_n and_o nightwalker_n though_o in_o their_o sleep_n do_v yet_o enjoy_v the_o action_n of_o their_o sense_n we_o must_v therefore_o say_v that_o there_o be_v something_o in_o we_o that_o be_v not_o in_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o morpheus_n and_o that_o those_o abstract_a and_o ecstatick_a soul_n do_v walk_v about_o in_o their_o own_o corpse_n as_o spirit_n with_o the_o body_n they_o assume_v wherein_o they_o seem_v to_o hear_v and_o feel_v though_o indeed_o the_o organ_n be_v 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law_n have_v invent_v *_o i_o wonder_n the_o fancy_n of_o lucan_n and_o seneca_n do_v not_o discover_v it_o it_o be_v that_o death_n by_o which_o we_o may_v be_v literal_o say_v to_o die_v daily_o a_o death_n which_o adam_n die_v before_o his_o mortality_n a_o death_n whereby_o we_o live_v a_o middle_n and_o moderate_a point_n between_o life_n and_o death_n in_o fine_a so_o like_o death_n i_o dare_v not_o trust_v it_o without_o my_o prayer_n and_o a_o half_a adieu_n unto_o the_o world_n and_o take_v my_o farewell_n in_o a_o colloquy_n with_o god_n the_o night_n be_v come_v like_v to_o the_o day_n depart_v not_o thou_o great_a god_n away_o let_v not_o my_o sin_n black_a as_o the_o night_n eclipse_v the_o lustre_n of_o thy_o light_n keep_v still_o in_o my_o horizon_n for_o to_o i_o the_o sun_n make_v not_o the_o day_n but_o thou_o thou_o who_o nature_n can_v sleep_v on_o my_o temple_n sentry_n keep_v guard_v i_o '_o against_o those_o watchful_a foe_n who_o eye_n be_v open_a while_n my_o close_a let_v no_o dream_n my_o head_n infest_v but_o such_o as_o jacob_n temple_n blessed_v while_o i_o do_v rest_n my_o soul_n advance_v make_v my_o sleep_n a_o holy_a trance_n that_o i_o may_v my_o rest_n be_v wrought_v awake_v into_o some_o holy_a thought_n and_o with_o as_o active_a vigour_n run_v my_o course_n as_o do_v the_o nimble_a sun_n sleep_n be_v a_o death_n o_o make_v i_o try_v by_o sleep_v what_o it_o be_v to_o die_v and_o as_o gentle_o lay_v my_o head_n on_o my_o grave_n as_o now_o my_o bed_n however_o i_o rest_v great_a god_n let_v i_o awake_v again_o at_o least_o with_o thou_o and_o thus_o assure_v behold_v i_o lie_v secure_o or_o to_o awake_v or_o die_v these_o be_v my_o drowsy_a day_n in_o vain_a i_o do_v now_o wake_v to_o sleep_v again_o o_o come_v that_o hour_n when_o i_o shall_v never_o sleep_v again_o but_o wake_v for_o ever_o this_o be_v the_o dormative_a i_o take_v to_o bedward_o i_o need_v no_o other_o laudanum_n than_o this_o to_o make_v i_o sleep_v after_o which_o i_o close_o my_o eye_n in_o security_n content_a to_o take_v my_o leave_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o sleep_v unto_o the_o resurrection_n sect._n 13_o the_o method_n i_o shall_v use_v in_o distributive_a justice_n i_o often_o observe_v in_o commutative_a and_o keep_v a_o geometrical_a proportion_n in_o both_o whereby_o become_v equable_v to_o other_o i_o become_v unjust_a to_o myself_o and_o supererogate_v in_o that_o common_a principle_n do_v unto_o other_o as_o then_o will_v he_o do_v unto_o thyself_o i_o be_v not_o bear_v unto_o riches_n neither_o be_v it_o i_o think_v my_o star_n to_o be_v wealthy_a or_o if_o it_o be_v the_o freedom_n of_o my_o mind_n and_o frankness_n of_o my_o disposition_n be_v able_a to_o contradict_v and_o cross_v my_o fate_n for_o to_o i_o avarice_n seem_v not_o so_o much_o a_o vice_n as_o a_o deplorable_a piece_n of_o madness_n *_o to_o conceive_v ourselves_o urinal_n or_o be_v persuade_v that_o we_o be_v dead_a be_v not_o so_o ridiculous_a nor_o so_o 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own_o soul_n and_o have_v methinks_v two_o arm_n too_o few_o to_o embrace_v myself_o aristotle_n be_v too_o severe_a that_o will_v not_o allow_v we_o to_o be_v true_o liberal_a without_o wealth_n and_o the_o bountiful_a hand_n of_o fortune_n if_o this_o be_v true_a i_o must_v confess_v i_o be_o charitable_a only_a in_o my_o liberal_a intention_n and_o bountiful_a well-wish_n but_o if_o the_o example_n of_o the_o mite_n be_v not_o only_o a_o act_n of_o wonder_n but_o a_o example_n of_o the_o noble_a charity_n sure_o poor_a man_n may_v also_o build_v hospital_n and_o the_o rich_a alone_o have_v not_o erect_v cathedral_n i_o have_v a_o private_a method_n which_o other_o observe_v not_o i_o take_v the_o opportunity_n of_o myself_o to_o do_v good_a i_o borrow_v occasion_n of_o charity_n from_o my_o own_o necessity_n and_o supply_v the_o want_n of_o other_o when_o i_o be_o in_o most_o need_v myself_o for_o it_o be_v a_o honest_a stratagem_n to_o make_v advantage_n of_o ourselves_o and_o so_o 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