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the_o sequel_n of_o the_o point_v propound_v in_o the_o former_a section_n concern_v the_o resolution_n and_o consolation_n against_o death_n page_n 160._o chapter_n 19_o of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n and_o of_o the_o immortality_n of_o man_n soul_n page_n 180._o chapter_n 20._o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o work_n with_o a_o serious_a exhortation_n to_o old_a and_o young_a also_o two_o prayer_n for_o wise_a old_a man_n page_n 196._o ay_o i_o i_o lack_v but_o life_n to_o make_v my_o will_n if_o thou_o have_v life_n it_o will_v be_v unmake_v still_o il_fw-fr y_fw-fr a_fw-fr esperance_fw-fr on_o un_fw-fr bien_fw-fr faict_n le_fw-fr plustost_fw-fr est_fw-fr le_fw-fr meilleur_fw-fr he_o that_o to_o do_v nor_o good_a nor_o harm_n have_v no_o devotion_n differ_v not_o from_o a_o picture_n but_o in_o motion_n dum_fw-la scribo_fw-la morior_fw-la the_o wise_a vieillard_n or_o old_z man._n chap._n 1._o of_o long_a life_n and_o the_o desire_v man_n have_v to_o live_v long_o in_o 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