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present_a and_o future_a good_a of_o my_o body_n and_o soul._n 5._o five_o inordinate_a passion_n of_o the_o mind_n be_v another_o mean_n to_o bring_v on_o old-age_n such_o as_o anger_n especial_o sorrow_n for_o these_o do_v manifest_o prey_v upon_o the_o spirit_n and_o also_o produce_v such_o bodily_a distemper_n as_o do_v hurry_n people_n into_o old-age_n before_o their_o time_n cass._n hence_o it_o be_v that_o valentinian_n the_o emperor_n by_o a_o excessive_a strain_n of_o his_o voice_n in_o a_o angry_a reply_n against_o some_o offender_n fall_v into_o a_o grievous_a fever_n which_o at_o length_n bring_v he_o to_o his_o end._n and_o for_o sorrow_n the_o wise_a of_o man_n tell_v we_o prov._n 15._o 13._o a_o merry_a heart_n make_v a_o cheerful_a countenance_n but_o by_o sorrow_n of_o the_o heart_n the_o spirit_n be_v break_v food_n and_o when_o the_o spirit_n be_v break_v the_o body_n must_v sensible_o waste_v and_o decay_v for_o these_o passion_n like_o a_o torrent_n or_o land_n 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galen_n tell_v 2_o we_o of_o a_o philosopher_n who_o affirm_v that_o there_o be_v a_o way_n to_o prevent_v it_o and_o write_v a_o book_n of_o it_o when_o he_o be_v forty_o year_n old_a but_o the_o say_a author_n take_v notice_n that_o when_o he_o be_v arrive_v to_o eighty_o he_o be_v waste_v to_o skin_n and_o bone_n and_o can_v not_o any_o way_n cure_v himself_o but_o the_o most_o effectual_a preservative_n be_v 1._o piety_n and_o 2._o sobriety_n sect_n iv._o first_o serious_a piety_n by_o which_o i_o old-age_n mean_v a_o course_n of_o life_n in_o the_o faith_n and_o fear_v of_o god_n and_o in_o holy_a obedience_n unto_o he_o this_o be_v that_o godliness_n which_o have_v the_o promise_n of_o the_o life_n that_o now_o be_v as_o well_o as_o of_o that_o which_o be_v to_o come_v 1_o tim._n 4._o 8._o this_o be_v the_o best_a antidote_n against_o that_o poison_n which_o have_v original_o infect_v our_o nature_n and_o which_o make_v it_o swarm_v with_o distemper_n that_o hurry_v we_o to_o 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best_a estate_n be_v altogether_o vanity_n the_o former_a be_v the_o spring_n this_o be_v the_o summer_n of_o a_o man_n life_n wherein_o they_o who_o be_v true_o wise_a will_v be_v gather_v both_o temporal_a and_o spiritual_a provision_n for_o the_o winter_n of_o old-age_n save_v now_o this_o rational_a flower_n be_v in_o its_o prime_n as_o the_o flower_n of_o the_o field_n so_o he_o flourish_v psal._n 103._o 15._o many_o indeed_o be_v crop_v and_o gather_v in_o their_o youth_n and_o other_o be_v cut_v off_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o their_o day_n for_o when_o the_o wind_n pass_v over_o this_o flower_n it_o be_v go_v and_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o enoch_n in_o the_o first_o world_n and_o elijah_n in_o the_o second_o and_o our_o dear_a saviour_n in_o the_o last_o be_v call_v away_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o their_o day_n to_o warn_v we_o that_o this_o be_v not_o our_o country_n but_o that_o even_o in_o the_o time_n of_o youth_n and_o strength_n it_o behoove_v we_o to_o prepare_v for_o another_o world._n but_o if_o the_o lord_n do_v still_o by_o his_o power_n and_o patience_n hold_v our_o soul_n in_o life_n and_o that_o his_o visitation_n do_v preserve_v our_o spirit_n this_o bring_v we_o to_o old-age_n and_o this_o ripe_a age_n common_o last_v as_o long_o as_o our_o grow_v age_n and_o so_o we_o may_v assign_v unto_o it_o twenty_o five_o year_n more_o sect_n ii_o and_o so_o we_o be_v come_fw-mi to_o the_o three_o thereof_o and_o last_o stage_n of_o life_n the_o decay_a age_n or_o old-age_n which_o be_v the_o subject_a of_o the_o follow_a discourse_n which_o may_v be_v thus_o describe_v namely_o that_o part_n of_o man_n life_n wherein_o through_o the_o multitude_n of_o year_n his_o strength_n be_v decay_v rivet_n for_o 1._o it_o be_v not_o mere_o such_o a_o number_n of_o year_n without_o some_o decay_n of_o nature_n that_o can_v proper_o denominate_v old-age_n since_o in_o former_a time_n before_o the_o flood_n when_o man_n usual_o live_v eight_o or_o nine_o hundred_o year_n he_o that_o be_v a_o hundred_o year_n old_a be_v a_o very_a young_a man_n and_o still_o we_o find_v that_o many_o be_v strong_a at_o sixty_o than_o other_o be_v at_o fifty_o year_n of_o age._n thus_o athanasius_n testify_v of_o antony_n the_o monk_n in_o egypt_n that_o he_o have_v all_o his_o tooth_n and_o his_o eyesight_n sound_n when_o he_o be_v a_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n old_a neither_o 2_o do_v the_o decay_n of_o strength_n alone_o determine_v a_o man_n old_a since_o disease_n and_o other_o casualty_n may_v weaken_v and_o wither_v he_o who_o in_o respect_n of_o his_o age_n have_v not_o attain_v the_o meridian_n of_o his_o life_n thus_o our_o bless_a saviour_n be_v guess_v to_o be_v near_o fifty_o year_n old_a joh._n 8._o 57_o when_o he_o be_v but_o little_a past_o thirty_o be_v a_o man_n of_o sorrow_n and_o acquaint_v with_o grief_n but_o when_o our_o strength_n be_v decay_v 26._o through_o the_o multitude_n of_o year_n than_o old-age_n commence_v from_o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o neither_o gray-hair_n nor_o wrinkle_n nor_o any_o such_o separable_a adjunct_n can_v be_v a_o demonstration_n of_o old-age_n see_v sickness_n or_o care_n or_o fear_n or_o grief_n may_v produce_v these_o effect_n without_o any_o considerable_a decay_n of_o strength_n or_o number_n of_o year_n prov._n 12._o 25._o heaviness_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n make_v it_o stoop_v here_o the_o heart_n stoop_v like_o a_o old_a man_n and_o that_o through_o heaviness_n and_o psal._n 6._o 7._o my_o eye_n be_v consume_v because_o of_o grief_n it_o wax_v old_a because_o of_o all_o my_o enemy_n here_o grief_n bring_v old-age_n into_o the_o eye_n and_o psal._n 32._o 3._o when_o i_o keep_v silence_n my_o bone_n wax_v old_a here_o old_a age_n be_v antedate_v in_o the_o bone_n by_o trouble_n of_o mind_n thus_o author_n tell_v we_o of_o those_o who_o hair_n have_v become_v hoary_a by_o sickness_n and_o have_v grow_v black_a again_o at_o the_o return_n of_o health_n lâ—…x_fw-la and_o the_o story_n of_o the_o dutch_a captain_n be_v famous_a who_o be_v put_v into_o a_o fright_a have_v his_o hair_n turn_v grey_a in_o the_o space_n of_o one_o night_n but_o all_o these_o be_v preternatural_a and_o accidental_a do_v not_o constitute_v old_a age_n at_o all_o neither_o do_v any_o occasional_a eclipse_n upon_o the_o internal_a faculty_n the_o mind_n memory_n or_o fancy_n certain_o declare_v old-age_n for_o many_o accident_n may_v produce_v these_o effect_n in_o the_o young_a person_n whereas_o old-age_n be_v not_o incident_a to_o the_o soul._n its_o organ_n may_v be_v weaken_v ormaimed_a either_o by_o natural_a decay_n or_o by_o violent_a accident_n so_o that_o they_o can_v exert_v themselves_o but_o the_o soul_n can_v never_o proper_o be_v say_v to_o