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Remedies against discontentme[n]t drawen into seuerall discourses, from the writinges of auncient philosophers. By Anonymus.
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Anonymus, fl. 1596.
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STC 20869; ESTC S115830
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without_o murmur_a &_o with_o a_o cheerful_a countenance_n yield_v thanks_n to_o god_n for_o the_o time_n that_o he_o have_v lend_v it_o you_o say_v o_o lord_n i_o render_v my_o soul_n unto_o thou_o with_o a_o free_a hart_n yea_o and_o with_o a_o better_a will_n than_o i_o receive_v it_o for_o when_o you_o give_v i_o life_n you_o bestow_v it_o one_o a_o silly_a creature_n who_o be_v altogether_o ignorant_a of_o the_o good_a he_o receive_v and_o now_o you_o take_v it_o from_o one_o who_o know_v what_o he_o put_v into_o your_o hand_n which_o he_o yield_v up_o with_o a_o free_a will_n and_o sure_o every_o one_o ought_v to_o think_v that_o it_o be_v no_o hard_a matter_n to_o return_v from_o the_o place_n from_o whence_o we_o come_v and_o he_o have_v not_o learned_a to_o live_v well_o who_o know_v not_o how_o to_o die_v we_o ought_v to_o bear_v the_o like_a affection_n to_o ourselves_o as_o we_o do_v to_o those_o that_o fight_v a_o set_a combat_n for_o we_o hate_v he_o that_o play_v the_o coward_n and_o do_v favour_n he_o who_o with_o a_o stout_a courage_n have_v rather_o die_v then_o be_v conquer_v oftentimes_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n be_v cause_n of_o his_o end_n that_o fly_v away_o moreover_o you_o know_v that_o you_o receive_v your_o life_n upon_o this_o condition_n that_o you_o must_v die_v be_v not_o then_o so_o unjust_a to_o seek_v to_o enjoy_v that_o for_o ever_o which_o be_v give_v you_o but_o for_o a_o certain_a time_n claim_v title_n to_o that_o which_o only_o you_o be_v put_v in_o trust_n withal_o beside_o we_o say_v that_o the_o fear_n and_o apprehension_n of_o death_n be_v a_o wonderful_a thing_n and_o the_o extremity_n of_o all_o terror_n assure_v you_o this_o fault_n do_v not_o proceed_v of_o death_n but_o of_o our_o imbecility_n who_o be_v take_v and_o stay_v in_o the_o pleasure_n and_o desire_n of_o this_o life_n and_o do_v love_v this_o miserable_a body_n of_o we_o above_o measure_n and_o if_o you_o do_v thorough_o consider_v the_o matter_n it_o 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consider_v how_o many_o holy_a person_n have_v desire_v it_o as_o a_o remedy_n against_o misery_n salomon_n job_n the_o holy_a scripture_n the_o history_n of_o saint_n be_v full_a of_o the_o praise_n and_o desire_n of_o death_n what_o vanity_n be_v it_o for_o to_o long_o after_o this_o wretched_a life_n this_o gale_n this_o prison_n see_v that_o the_o long_o we_o live_v the_o more_o we_o sin_n and_o purchase_v to_o ourselves_o new_a pain_n that_o we_o may_v not_o fear_v death_n as_o the_o world_n do_v we_o ought_v to_o do_v two_o thing_n live_v well_o because_o of_o a_o good_a and_o christian_n life_n make_v even_o the_o remembrance_n of_o death_n comfortable_a and_o to_o believe_v that_o that_o which_o it_o please_v god_n to_o give_v we_o as_o a_o remedy_n and_o ease_v of_o our_o labour_n be_v not_o so_o bad_a nor_o so_o much_o to_o be_v fear_v as_o we_o imagyn_v and_o we_o ought_v to_o remember_v that_o holy_a man_n have_v abhor_v life_n and_o love_a death_n thus_o have_v i_o effect_v what_o you_o entreat_v with_o so_o much_o contentment_n to_o myself_o that_o i_o know_v not_o whether_o of_o the_o two_o wear_v sharp_a spur_n to_o set_v i_o forward_o in_o this_o course_n reason_n move_v the_o duty_n of_o friendship_n and_o desire_v the_o pleasure_n i_o take_v therein_o as_o i_o be_v not_o long_o in_o bring_v they_o forth_o so_o do_v i_o with_o some_o haste_n send_v they_o to_o you_o &_o so_o leave_v they_o that_o i_o will_v not_o hereafter_o have_v they_o acknowledge_v i_o for_o their_o father_n but_o wish_v that_o you_o may_v nurse_v they_o apparel_n they_o &_o bring_v they_o up_o for_o from_o i_o they_o have_v scarce_o take_v their_o essence_n and_o first_o be_v &_o to_o say_v the_o troth_n i_o want_v milk_n to_o nourish_v they_o and_o sure_o bear_v that_o show_n and_o councenance_n they_o do_v &_o those_o sign_n of_o a_o good_a mind_n though_o they_o be_v but_o little_a in_o my_o opinion_n they_o can_v be_v better_a then_o with_o you_o who_o may_v in_o 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