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foâ—…_n all_o thing_n in_o the_o other_o death_n can_v not_o be_v other_o then_o gentle_a and_o acceptable_a to_o all_o that_o in_o those_o point_n be_v thorough_o resolve_v because_o they_o kâ—…owe_v assure_o that_o thereby_o they_o shall_v enter_v in_o to_o a_o habitation_n of_o all_o goodness_n the_o sorrow_n that_o may_v be_v therein_o shall_v be_v mix_v with_o gentleness_n the_o patient_a abide_n shall_v be_v drink_v with_o hope_n the_o sting_n of_o death_n itself_o shall_v be_v kill_v for_o all_o this_o sting_n be_v nothing_o but_o fear_n &_o thus_o much_o 〈◊〉_d will_v say_v more_o that_o not_o only_o all_o the_o evil_a which_o we_o take_v to_o be_v in_o death_n shall_v be_v as_o nothing_o unto_o they_o but_o also_o they_o shall_v laugh_v at_o the_o mishap_n that_o other_o do_v fear_n in_o this_o life_n and_o shall_v even_o mock_v all_o their_o doubt_n for_o i_o pray_v you_o what_o can_v he_o â—…eare_v which_o hope_v to_o die_v do_v his_o enemy_n think_v to_o drive_v he_o out_o of_o his_o country_n he_o know_v y_fw-mi he_o have_v a_o country_n in_o another_o place_n from_o the_o which_o they_o can_v drive_v he_o and_o that_o all_o these_o country_n be_v but_o so_o many_o ny_fw-fr inn_n from_o whence_o they_o must_v deparâ—…_n part_v whensoever_o it_o please_v their_o hosf_n shall_v he_o be_v cast_v into_o prisonâ—…_n a_o straight_a prison_n or_o more_o filthy_a dark_a sul_z of_o rack_n and_o torment_n can_v they_o not_o commit_v he_o into_o they_o his_o own_o body_n will_v they_o put_v he_o to_o death_n and_o so_o take_v he_o out_o of_o this_o world_n that_o be_v it_o that_o so_o long_o he_o have_v hope_v for_o
often_o do_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o long_a liver_n have_v live_v but_o a_o while_n and_o he_o that_o have_v live_v but_o a_o while_o have_v live_v very_o long_o nature_n have_v bring_v we_o into_o the_o world_n capable_a of_o learning_n and_o have_v give_v we_o unperfect_a reason_n which_o may_v be_v make_v perfect_a ¶_o epistle_n 57_o our_o body_n do_v swim_v down_o the_o stream_n like_a river_n what_o ever_o y_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d flee_v away_o with_o the_o time_n no_o part_n of_o y_fw-es we_o see_v have_v any_o continuance_n myself_o even_o in_o tell_v thou_o that_o all_o thing_n chage_v &_o alter_v this_o say_v heraclite_n we_o all_o go_v down_o together_o but_o go_v not_o all_o into_o one_o river_n for_o the_o name_n of_o y_fw-es river_n may_v well_o continue_v but_o the_o water_n be_v run_v away_o the_o like_a similitude_n be_v in_o man_n though_o more_o easy_a to_o to_o be_v perceive_v in_o a_o river_n for_o with_o as_o swift_a a_o stream_n or_o course_n be_v we_o carry_v away_o wherefore_o i_o do_v marvel_v at_o our_o folly_n who_o be_v so_o far_o in_o loove_n with_o the_o thing_n that_o flee_v so_o fast_o i_o speak_v of_o the_o body_n who_o death_n we_o do_v so_o much_o fear_n although_o each_o moment_n ofour_n life_n be_v the_o death_n of_o other_o fear_v thou_o lest_o you_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v which_o daily_o be_v accomplish_v or_o shall_v thou_o stand_v in_o doubt_n of_o once_o die_v see_v daily_a by_o little_a and_o little_a death_n 〈◊〉_d thy_o day_n etc_n etc_n ¶_o epistle_n 62._o i_o do_v labour_n that_o each_o day_n may_v be_v to_o i_o as_o all_o my_o life_n and_o yet_o do_v i_o not_o take_v hold_n of_o it_o as_o of_o my_o last_o but_o sure_o as_o if_o if_o may_v be_v my_o last_o this_o letter_n do_v i_o write_v unto_o thou_o as_o if_o during_o that_o write_v thereof_o death_n will_v call_v i_o away_o i_o be_o ready_a to_o depart_v &_o yet_o do_v delight_n in_o this_o life_n because_o that_o make_v great_a account_n of_o that_o to_o come_v i_o have_v before_o my_o age_n endeavour_v to_o live_v well_o and_o in_o my_o age_n to_o die_v well_o and_o to_o die_v well_o be_v no_o other_o than_o to_o die_v willing_o take_v such_o order_n that_o what_o so_o ever_o thou_o must_v 〈◊〉_d do_v y_fw-es do_v it_o not_o by_o constraint_n for_o constraint_n and_o necessity_n belong_v to_o such_o as_o do_v resist_v and_o not_o to_o they_o that_o do_v thing_n of_o their_o own_o accord_n for_o he_o be_v not_o necessary_o constrain_v that_o do_v thing_n willig_o wherefore_o i_o say_v he_o that_o willing_o obey_v law_n and_o commaâ—…_n dement_n have_v already_o escape_v the_o sharp_a part_n of_o bondage_n which_o be_v to_o do_v the_o thing_n be_v will_v not_o it_o be_v no_o misery_n to_o do_v the_o thing_n command_v but_o to_o do_v it_o whether_o a_o man_n will_n or_o no._n let_v we_o therefore_o so_o frame_v our_o courage_n that_o we_o be_v willing_a to_o what_o soever_o the_o case_n require_v and_o aboove_o all_o without_o heaviness_n to_o think_v on_o our_o end_n for_o we_o must_v first_o prepare_v for_o death_n and_o they_o 〈◊〉_d life_n life_n be_v sufficient_o furnish_v of_o itself_o and_o yet_o be_v we_o ever_o gréeâ—…_n of_o provision_n for_o the_o same_o still_o we_o thinkt_v 〈◊〉_d we_o want_v somewhat_o it_o be_v neither_o year_n nor_o day_n that_o cause_v we_o to_o have_v live_v long_o inâ—…ugh_o but_o our_o heart_n and_o mind_n ay_o friend_n lucilius_n have_v live_v long_o enough_o &_o satisfy_v with_o this_o life_n do_v wait_v for_o death_n ¶_o epistle_n 71._o the_o day_n will_v come_v that_o we_o must_v arrive_v at_o this_o sweet_a haven_n &_o shall_v never_o shun_v the_o same_o if_o any_o man_n land_v there_o in_o his_o youth_n yet_o ought_v he_o not_o to_o complain_v otherwise_o then_o as_o one_o who_o have_v soon_o end_v his_o navigation_n for_o as_o y_fw-fr know_v the_o wind_n do_v toss_v and_o stay_v some_o upon_o the_o sea_n and_o sometime_o with_o the_o slowness_n of_o a_o calm_a weary_v they_o other_o it_o bring_v home_n quick_o fill_v their_o sail_n full_a and_o rude_o think_v they_o that_o it_o be_v so_o with_o we_o life_n bring_v some_o in_o haste_n to_o the_o place_n whereto_o they_o may_v aswell_o have_v come_v by_o leisure_n other_o it_o stay_v long_a time_n scorch_v they_o by_o the_o way_n &_o yet_o must_v we_o not_o still_o draw_v back_o for_o to_o live_v be_v not_o absolute_o good_a but_o to_o live_v well_o wherefore_o the_o wise_a man_n live_v so_o long_o as_o he_o shall_v but_o not_o as_o he_o can_v none_o of_o we_o consider_v that_o one_o day_n we_o must_v depart_v from_o this_o house_n we_o do_v as_o the_o old_a tenant_n who_o through_o customâ—…_n and_o continuance_n do_v still_o keep_v their_o possession_n though_o not_o without_o infinite_a wrongê_n and_o injury_n but_o will_v thou_o whether_o thy_o body_n will_v or_o no_o be_v free_a inhabit_v it_o as_o â—…f_a thou_o be_v ready_a to_o change_v lodging_n propound_v to_o it_o that_o short_o thou_o must_v pass_v out_o of_o this_o â—…abernacle_n so_o shall_v thou_o be_v the_o more_o courageous_a against_o thy_o necessary_a depâ—…ture_n but_o â—…ow_o can_v he_o think_v upon_o his_o â—…nd_n who_o be_v continual_o covetous_a &_o desiâ—…us_a of_o worldly_a wealth_n ordinary_a &_o usual_a meditation_n be_v most_o necessary_a in_o all_o thing_n epistle_n 78._o no_o man_n be_v â—…o_o ignorant_a but_o he_o know_v eth_z that_n one_o day_n he_o must_v die_v and_o yet_o drame_v near_o the_o point_n he_o turn_v back_o quake_v aâ—…d_n lament_v i_o pray_v you_o if_o any_o shall_v weep_v because_o he_o have_v not_o live_v a_o thousand_o year_n will_v you_o not_o think_v he_o the_o foolish_a man_n alive_a even_o as_o foolish_a be_v he_o that_o lament_v that_o he_o shall_v not_o live_v a_o thousand_o year_n hence_o these_o be_v like_a case_n thou_o shall_v not_o be_v nor_o thou_o have_v not_o be_v these_o two_o time_n do_v belong_v to_o other_o well_o thou_o be_v bring_v to_o the_o extremity_n admit_v thou_o do_v lengthen_v it_o how_o long_o think_v thou_o to_o lengthen_v it_o why_o wéepe_a thou_o why_o wish_v thou_o thou_o lose_v thy_o labour_n think_v not_o through_o thy_o importunacy_n to_o alter_v god_n determination_n hâ—…_n be_v firm_a &_o steadfast_a &_o guide_v by_o wunderful_a andâ—…_n everlasting_a necessity_n thou_o shall_v follow_v all_o other_o thing_n what_o be_v it_o that_o be_v news_n to_o thou_o thou_o be_v bear_v héerunto_o the_o like_a have_v happen_v to_o thy_o father_n to_o thy_o mother_n thy_o predcessor_n and_o unto_o all_o that_o have_v go_v before_o thou_o and_o the_o like_a shall_v chance_v to_o all_o that_o be_v to_o come_v after_o thou_o it_o be_v a_o invincible_a chain_n and_o unchangeable_a order_n which_o bind_v and_o draw_v all_o thing_n there_o be_v no_o way_n but_o have_v his_o issue_n oh_o wretch_n that_o thou_o be_v to_o make_v thyself_o slave_n to_o man_n to_o good_n and_o to_o thy_o life_n for_o where_o there_o be_v no_o virtue_n or_o courage_n to_o die_v life_n be_v but_o bondage_n what_o have_v thou_o i_o pray_v thou_o why_o thou_o shall_v stay_v thou_o haâ—…_n waste_v all_o the_o delight_n that_o may_v â—…acken_v and_o withhold_v thou_o there_o be_v none_o which_o be_v news_n to_o thou_o no_o there_o be_v none_o but_o that_o thou_o shall_v loath_a so_o great_o have_v thou_o be_v cloy_v with_o they_o and_o yet_o those_o be_v they_o from_o who_o thou_o be_v so_o loath_a to_o depart_v for_o what_o diddesâ—…_n â—…hou_v ever_o worthy_a life_n confess_v the_o truth_n it_o be_v neither_o because_o of_o the_o desire_n of_o palace_n or_o of_o the_o court_n neither_o for_o grief_n to_o forsake_v the_o nature_n of_o thing_n that_o thou_o be_v so_o slow_a to_o die_v thou_o be_v loath_a to_o go_v from_o the_o market_n wherein_o thou_o have_v leave_v nothing_o life_n be_v as_o a_o mask_n we_o care_v not_o how_o long_o it_o last_v so_o it_o be_v well_o handle_v end_v it_o where_o thou_o will_v it_o be_v all_o one_o end_n where_o thou_o will_v so_o y_fw-fr thou_o conclude_v with_o a_o good_a sentence_n ¶_o epistle_n 94._o thus_o do_v we_o daily_o reprove_v deâ—…eny_v why_o do_v not_o death_n take_v away_o such_o a_o one_o wherefore_o do_v it_o cut_v of_o this_o man_n in_o the_o mid_a way_n why_o do_v such_o a_o one_o live_v so_o sorrowful_a a_o age_n both_o for_o himself_o &_o other_o i_o pray_v thou_o whether_o be_v more_o meet_a that_o thou_o obey_v nature_n or_o nature_n obey_v thou_o what_o care_v thou_o when_o thou_o must_v depart_v see_v there_o be_v no_o remedy_n thou_o shall_v not_o take_v think_v to_o live_v long_o but_o how_o thou_o live_v long_a to_o live_v long_o
ordinary_o use_v which_o dwell_v in_o other_o man_n house_n and_o yet_o be_v furnish_v of_o such_o vilanoê°_n body_n we_o do_v here_o propound_v to_o ourselves_o eternal_a matter_n and_o as_o far_o as_o man_n age_n can_v extend_v we_o do_v through_o hope_n promise_v ourselves_o all_o thing_n we_o be_v not_o content_a with_o any_o wealth_n or_o authority_n be_v there_o any_o thing_n more_o shameless_a and_o foolish_a we_o be_v make_v to_o die_v and_o yet_o at_o our_o death_n nothing_o seem_v sufficient_a for_o we_o for_o daily_o we_o draw_v near_o the_o last_o point_n and_o every_o hour_n drive_v we_o to_o the_o place_n from_o which_o we_o can_v escape_v behold_v then_o the_o blindness_n of_o man_n understanding_n if_o therefore_o a_o high_a mind_n which_o final_o know_v a_o better_a nature_n than_o this_o earthly_a do_v take_v order_n to_o live_v honest_o and_o painful_o in_o that_o vocation_n whereto_o it_o be_v call_v it_o account_v none_o of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v about_o 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