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at_o will_n yet_o let_v death_n come_v when_o it_o will_v they_o be_v provide_v for_o it_o and_o may_v give_v it_o entertainemâ—t_v with_o cheerful_a countenance_n and_o as_o danid_v say_v of_o ahimaaz_n 18.27_o 2._o sam._n 18.27_o he_o be_v a_o good_a man_n and_o come_v with_o good_a tiding_n so_o may_v they_o say_v that_o have_v repent_v of_o death_n let_v it_o come_v it_o bring_v good_a tiding_n unto_o they_o because_o they_o be_v at_o peace_n with_o god_n and_o in_o favour_n with_o he_o for_o they_o know_v that_o every_o thing_n shall_v turn_v for_o their_o advantage_n death_n itself_o shall_v be_v a_o advantage_n to_o they_o this_o make_v the_o apostle_n paul_n desire_v to_o die_v 1.23_o phil._n 1.23_o because_o he_o may_v be_v with_o christ_n when_o he_o be_v once_o assure_v that_o he_o be_v reconcile_v to_o god_n a_o malefactor_n who_o have_v offend_v the_o law_n and_o for_o the_o same_o be_v take_v and_o commit_v and_o in_o danger_n of_o death_n yet_o if_o he_o can_v a_o week_n 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house_n of_o they_o why_o be_v thou_o afraid_a these_o seventie_o year_n almost_o have_v thou_o serve_v christ_n and_o do_v thou_o yet_o fear_v to_o die_v the_o like_a i_o say_v may_v a_o repentant_a man_n shy_a to_o his_o soul_n go_v out_o my_o soul_n 〈◊〉_d shall_v thou_o be_v afraid_a to_o go_v to_o he_o with_o who_o thou_o be_v reconcile_v and_o from_o who_o thou_o have_v a_o 〈◊〉_d barge_n of_o all_o thy_o sin_n it_o be_v for_o they_o to_o fear_v to_o die_v who_o have_v never_o repent_v who_o never_o serve_v christ_n but_o have_v be_v the_o slave_n of_o their_o flesh_n and_o satan_n see_v who_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d his_o shall_v they_o be_v die_v it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d for_o he_o to_o be_v unwilling_a and_o fearful_a to_o go_v â—ce_n christ_n who_o believe_v that_o he_o shall_v begin_v to_o reign_v with_o christ_n because_o he_o have_v here_o suffer_v and_o crucify_v his_o flesh_n and_o his_o lust_n for_o christ_n and_o his_o love_n 3._o this_o may_v teach_v we_o that_o if_o there_o be_v no_o time_n for_o repentance_n after_o this_o life_n then_o be_v it_o a_o fearful_a condition_n wherein_o many_o man_n be_v who_o contemn_v repentance_n when_o they_o be_v call_v to_o it_o and_o no_o marvel_n if_o death_n be_v so_o fearful_a to_o they_o for_o thence_o be_v the_o fear_n of_o death_n say_v chrysostome_n antioch_n jude_n timor_fw-la mortis_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la vivimus_fw-la in_o asperitate_fw-la christianis_fw-la congrua_fw-la sed_fw-la so_o lutam_fw-la &_o mollem_fw-la be_o amus_fw-la vitam_fw-la chrysost_n hom_n 6._o ad_fw-la pop_n antioch_n because_o we_o live_v 〈◊〉_d in_o â—…steritie_n fit_v christian_n but_o lead_v a_o delicate_a and_o voluptuous_a life_n even_o such_o a_o life_n as_o all_o they_o who_o put_v far_o from_o they_o repentance_n have_v make_v choice_n of_o to_o themselves_o and_o so_o can_v but_o be_v press_v with_o the_o guiltiness_n of_o their_o conscience_n see_v they_o never_o take_v the_o way_n to_o have_v any_o discharge_n but_o be_v like_a to_o 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or_o filthy_a puddle_n to_o lie_v still_o and_o not_o to_o hasten_v out_o sin_n be_v as_o filthy_a as_o any_o puddle_n madness_n than_o it_o be_v and_o folly_n to_o defer_v the_o come_n out_o of_o it_o if_o sin_n say_v basil_n baptis_n si_fw-mi res_fw-la honesta_fw-la est_fw-la peccatum_fw-la hoc_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la extremum_fw-la custodi_fw-la si_fw-la patranti_fw-la turpis_fw-la ac_fw-la nocens_fw-la quid_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la perseveras_fw-la quod_fw-la perniciosum_fw-la est_fw-la nullus_fw-la enim_fw-la bilem_fw-la evomere_fw-la quaerens_fw-la maiorem_fw-la eam_fw-la ex_fw-la mala_fw-la intemper_v antique_a diaeta_fw-la reddere_fw-la cogitabit_fw-la basil_n exhort_v ad_fw-la baptis_n be_v a_o honest_a thing_n then_o keep_v it_o to_o the_o end_n but_o if_o it_o be_v a_o filthy_a and_o hurtful_a thing_n to_o he_o that_o commit_v it_o why_o do_v thou_o continue_v in_o that_o which_o be_v hurtful_a for_o no_o man_n that_o desire_v to_o ease_v his_o stomach_n of_o choler_n will_v 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