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A37030
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A contemplation of mans mortalitie. Preached at Reading, by John Dashfield, M.A.
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Dashfield, John.
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1649
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to_o bind_v myself_o to_o justify_v or_o maintain_v the_o truth_n thereof_o albeit_o in_o my_o judgement_n their_o authority_n that_o have_v write_v on_o the_o same_o argument_n may_v grant_v it_o for_o true_a or_o very_o likely_a pliny_n and_o marcus_n varro_n discourse_v on_o the_o time_n of_o a_o man_n life_n do_v affirm_v that_o the_o learned_a egyptian_n have_v find_v out_o by_o experience_n that_o man_n according_a to_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n can_v not_o live_v above_o a_o hundred_o year_n but_o if_o any_o one_o happen_v to_o out-step_n that_o limitation_n it_o be_v judge_v by_o particular_a influence_n and_o power_n of_o the_o star_n a_o thing_n in_o nature_n work_n very_o strange_a and_o marvellous_a but_o pass_v we_o to_o the_o foundation_n of_o this_o their_o settle_a persuasion_n they_o gather_v and_o conceive_v by_o the_o heart_n of_o a_o man_n which_o have_v make_v proof_n of_o many_o time_n by_o order_n of_o anatomy_n they_o thereby_o attain_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o very_a wonderful_a secret_n for_o say_v they_o when_o a_o manchild_n be_v a_o full_a year_n old_a his_o heart_n poize_v the_o weight_n of_o two_o of_o their_o dramâ—_n four_o when_o he_o be_v two_o year_n old_a and_o so_o onward_o as_o many_o year_n as_o he_o live_v his_o heart_n increase_v in_o weight_n a_o couple_n of_o dam_n yearly_a so_o that_o when_o he_o come_v to_o the_o age_n of_o fifty_o year_n his_o heart_n weigh_v then_o a_o hundred_o dam_n but_o thence_o forward_o it_o be_v not_o more_o ponderous_a but_o proportionable_o diminish_v his_o weight_n ratable_o every_o year_n by_o two_o dam_n even_o according_a as_o before_o it_o increase_v so_o that_o at_o the_o age_n of_o 100_o year_n the_o heart_n by_o continual_a decrease_a become_v to_o be_v nothing_o in_o poise_n and_o then_o consequent_o the_o man_n of_o necessity_n die_v if_o by_o some_o other_o accidental_a occasion_n he_o die_v not_o before_o because_o there_o be_v so_o many_o kind_n of_o several_a occasion_n which_o can_v and_o do_v customary_o hasten_v death_n before_o man_n arrive_v at_o half_a the_o time_n of_o make_v this_o experiment_n in_o themselves_o we_o have_v then_o nothing_o more_o certain_a or_o assure_v then_o death_n and_o that_o only_a in_o the_o will_n power_n and_o knowledge_n of_o god_n so_o that_o as_o the_o forgetfulness_n of_o death_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o a_o man_n fall_v into_o sin_n so_o the_o memory_n thereof_o turn_v he_o quite_o from_o sin_n recordare_fw-la novissima_fw-la remember_v thy_o end_n and_o thou_o shall_v never_o do_v amiss_o and_o the_o kingly_a psalmist_n say_v cogitari_fw-la dies_fw-la antiquos_fw-la &_o annos_fw-la aeternos_fw-la in_o ment_fw-la habui_fw-la etc._n etc._n ps_n 77.5_o 6._o and_o plato_n affirm_v that_o the_o life_n of_o a_o wise_a man_n be_v meditation_n in_o death_n therefore_o watch_n and_o pray_v for_o you_o know_v not_o at_o what_o hour_n the_o lord_n will_v come_v it_o be_v well_o weigh_v by_o rapertus_n that_o after_o god_n have_v condemn_v adam_n to_o death_n he_o bestow_v upon_o his_o wife_n the_o name_n of_o life_n mater_fw-la cunctarum_fw-la gentium_fw-la the_o mother_n of_o all_o the_o live_n scarce_o have_v god_n condemn_v he_o to_o punishment_n but_o he_o by_o and_o by_o show_v he_o have_v forget_v it_o and_o therefore_o do_v god_n permit_v the_o death_n of_o innocent_a abel_n to_o the_o end_n that_o in_o abel_n he_o may_v see_v the_o death_n of_o the_o body_n and_o in_o cain_n the_o death_n of_o the_o soul_n for_o to_o quicken_v his_o memory_n from_o adam_n we_o inherit_v this_o forgetfulness_n not_o remember_v what_o we_o see_v but_o yesterday_o and_o the_o general_a desire_n of_o man_n strive_v all_o it_o can_v to_o perpetuate_v our_o life_n which_o if_o it_o be_v in_o our_o hand_n we_o will_v never_o see_v death_n but_o because_o the_o love_n of_o life_n shall_v not_o rob_v we_o of_o our_o memory_n and_o that_o fear_v as_o we_o be_v mortal_a we_o may_v covet_v those_o thing_n that_o be_v 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sanum_fw-la will_v a_o wise_a man_n fill_v his_o stomach_n with_o that_o heat_n that_o shall_v burn_v and_o consume_v he_o job_n 15._o which_o be_v to_o say_v will_v he_o charge_v his_o memory_n with_o matter_n of_o pain_n and_o torment_n the_o proportion_n than_o hold_v thus_o as_o the_o stomach_n be_v the_o store-house_n or_o magazine_n of_o our_o corporal_a food_n and_o keep_v therein_o our_o present_a meat_n the_o body_n take_v from_o thence_o its_o sustenance_n whereby_o it_o maintain_v its_o be_v and_o its_o life_n so_o the_o memory_n be_v the_o magazine_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o set_v before_o our_o eye_n the_o obligation_n wherein_o we_o stand_v the_o good_a which_o we_o lose_v and_o the_o hurt_n which_o we_o gain_v second_o as_o from_o the_o disorder_n and_o disagreement_n of_o the_o stomach_n painful_a disease_n do_v arise_v and_o divers_a infirmity_n to_o the_o body_n so_o from_o the_o forgetfulness_n of_o the_o memory_n rise_v those_o of_o the_o soul_n for_o without_o oblivion_n say_v saint_n basill_n our_o salvation_n can_v be_v lose_v nor_o our_o souls-health_n endanger_v three_o as_o when_o the_o fuel_n and_o fire_n shall_v fail_v man_n stomach_n which_o be_v the_o oven_n which_o boil_v and_o season_v our_o life_n we_o may_v give_v that_o of_o the_o body_n for_o loss_n so_o when_o our_o memory_n shall_v fail_v we_o we_o may_v give_v our_o soul_n for_o lose_a therefore_o this_o advice_n of_o the_o son_n of_o syrach_n be_v most_o requisite_a recordare_fw-la novissima_fw-la remember_v thy_o end_n as_o the_o first_o attribute_n of_o man_n be_v oblivion_n so_o the_o second_o be_v his_o baseness_n and_o misery_n in_o ezechiel_n the_o king_n of_o tyre_n say_v deus_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la i_o be_o a_o god_n but_o he_o be_v answer_v he_o be_v but_o a_o man_n that_o be_v base_a vile_a and_o miserable_a eze._n 28._o so_o david_n ut_fw-la sciant_fw-la gentes_fw-la quoniam_fw-la homines_fw-la sunt_fw-la let_v the_o nation_n know_v that_o they_o be_v man_n 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his_o pen_n with_o a_o point_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o circle_n the_o circle_n be_v equal_o distant_a from_o all_o point_n of_o the_o circle_n unto_o the_o point_n of_o the_o centre_n there_o be_v therefore_o from_o all_o part_n of_o the_o point_n and_o centre_n of_o the_o earth_n a_o equal_a distance_n to_o the_o circle_n and_o circumference_n of_o heaven_n what_o matter_n therefore_o though_o the_o body_n of_o the_o martyr_n be_v entomb_v in_o the_o entrails_n of_o wild_a beast_n though_o their_o ash_n be_v scatter_v upon_o rhodanus_n though_o their_o carcase_n be_v make_v a_o prey_n to_o the_o fowl_n of_o the_o heaven_n what_o glory_n be_v it_o to_o marshal_n fly_n though_o it_o be_v bury_v in_o concrete_v crystal_n what_o shame_n to_o naboth_n though_o his_o blood_n be_v lick_v up_o with_o dog_n what_o hurt_v to_o the_o virgin_n in_o the_o sack_n of_o rome_n who_o body_n be_v unbury_v upon_o earth_n who_o soul_n be_v receive_v into_o heaven_n nec_fw-la vivorum_fw-la culpa_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la putuerunt_fw-la aust._n lib._n 1._o de_fw-la civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la it_o be_v neither_o say_v s._n austin_n the_o fault_n of_o the_o live_n who_o have_v no_o power_n to_o bury_v the_o dead_a nor_o the_o punishment_n of_o the_o dead_a who_o have_v no_o sense_n of_o the_o affliction_n of_o the_o live_n second_o we_o know_v not_o the_o manner_n of_o our_o death_n and_o it_o be_v a_o very_a trifle_n job_n compare_v man_n to_o a_o flower_n esay_n to_o grass_n and_o david_n to_o a_o tree_n be_v it_o any_o great_a matter_n whether_o the_o flower_n be_v crop_v or_o the_o grass_n mow_v or_o the_o axe_n lay_v to_o the_o root_n of_o the_o tree_n at_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n there_o be_v three_o cross_n upon_o those_o cross_n be_v three_o person_n the_o thief_n blaspheme_v the_o thief_n repent_v the_o son_n of_o god_n pray_v quid_fw-la similius_fw-la istis_fw-la crucibus_fw-la quid_fw-la dissimilius_fw-la ist_fw-mi be_v pendentibus_fw-la what_o more_o like_a 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have_v only_o a_o trumpet_n of_o lead_n but_o the_o ark_n of_o god_n have_v a_o trumpet_n of_o silver_n hear_v then_o the_o difference_n between_o nature_n and_o grace_n nature_n say_v o_o cives_fw-la cives_fw-la quaerenda_fw-la pecunia_fw-la primum_fw-la virtus_fw-la post_fw-la numme_v first_o seek_v gold_n then_o serve_v god_n first_o betray_v christ_n then_o buy_v a_o field_n of_o blood_n to_o bury_v stranger_n first_o make_v maâ—y_v beggar_n by_o usury_n and_o oppression_n and_o then_o build_v a_o hospital_n of_o a_o bloody_a devotion_n but_o grace_n say_v quaerite_fw-la primum_fw-la regnum_fw-la dei_fw-la math._n 6._o first_o seek_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n and_o all_o thing_n shall_v be_v give_v unto_o you_o all_o the_o rubbish_n of_o the_o world_n treasure_n be_v but_o casting_n adjectanea_n as_o chip_n and_o shave_n compare_v to_o the_o pearl_n of_o heaven_n latet_fw-la vltimus_fw-la dies_fw-la ut_fw-la obseruetur_fw-la omnis_fw-la dies_fw-la because_o therefore_o we_o know_v 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death_n a_o man_n return_v again_o unto_o the_o earth_n from_o whence_o he_o come_v the_o flower_n the_o leaf_n they_o have_v some_o good_a in_o they_o though_o of_o short_a continuance_n as_o colour_v odour_n beauty_n virtue_n and_o shade_n but_o dust_n and_o earth_n speak_v no_o other_o good_a among_o the_o element_n the_o earth_n be_v the_o least_o noble_a and_o the_o most_o weak_a the_o fire_n the_o water_n and_o the_o air_n have_v spirit_n and_o actitude_n but_o the_o earth_n be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o prisoner_n lade_v with_o weightinesse_n as_o with_o gyve_n if_o then_o man_n end_n be_v such_o but_o earth_n quid_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la saginando_fw-la corpore_fw-la why_o such_o a_o deal_n of_o care_n in_o pamper_v the_o body_n which_o the_o worm_n may_v devour_v tomorrow_o look_v upon_o that_o flesh_n which_o thy_o father_n make_v so_o much_o of_o that_o now_o rot_v and_o stink_a carcase_n sure_o this_o consideration_n shall_v moderate_v thy_o desire_n of_o be_v over-dainty_a and_o 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