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it_o we_o fear_v oh_o it_o be_v a_o terrible_a thing_n to_o die_v but_o be_v it_o not_o better_o once_o to_o suffer_v it_o death_n than_o always_o to_o fear_v it_o the_o earth_n itself_o suffer_v both_o with_o i_o and_o before_o i_o how_o many_o island_n be_v swallow_v up_o in_o the_o sea_n how_o many_o town_n do_v we_o sail_v over_o nay_o how_o many_o nation_n be_v whole_o lose_v either_o by_o inundation_n or_o earthquake_n and_o shall_v i_o be_v afraid_a of_o my_o little_a body_n why_o shall_v i_o that_o be_o sure_a to_o die_v and_o that_o all_o other_o thing_n be_v mortal_a be_v fearful_a of_o come_v to_o my_o last_o gasp_n myself_o it_o be_v the_o fear_n of_o death_n that_o make_v we_o base_a and_o trouble_n and_o destroy_v the_o life_n that_o we_o will_v preserve_v that_o aggravate_v all_o circumstance_n and_o make_v they_o formidable_a we_o depend_v but_o upon_o a_o fly_a moment_n dye_v we_o must_v but_o when_o what_o be_v that_o to_o we_o it_o be_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n 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give_v they_o courage_n and_o the_o necessity_n overcome_v the_o fear_n socrates_n be_v thirty_o day_n in_o prison_n after_o his_o sentence_n and_o have_v time_n enough_o to_o have_v starve_v himself_o and_o so_o to_o have_v prevent_v the_o poison_n but_o he_o give_v the_o world_n the_o blessing_n of_o his_o life_n as_o long_o as_o he_o can_v and_o take_v that_o fatal_a draught_n in_o the_o meditation_n and_o contempt_n of_o death_n marcellinus_n in_o a_o deliberation_n upon_o death_n call_v several_a of_o his_o friend_n about_o he_o one_o be_v fearful_a and_o advise_v what_o he_o himself_o will_v have_v do_v in_o the_o case_n another_o give_v the_o counsel_n which_o he_o think_v marcellinus_n will_v like_o
demolish_v but_o the_o deity_n still_o remain_v untouched_a epist._n xxvii_o some_o tradition_n of_o the_o ancient_n concern_v thunder_n and_o lightning_n with_o the_o author_n contemplation_n thereupon_o there_o be_v no_o question_n but_o that_o providence_n have_v give_v to_o mortal_n the_o token_n or_o forerunner_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v and_o by_o those_o mean_n lay_v open_a in_o some_o measure_n the_o decree_n of_o fate_n only_o we_o take_v notice_n of_o some_o thing_n without_o give_v any_o heed_n to_o other_o there_o be_v not_o any_o thing_n do_v according_a to_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n which_o be_v not_o either_o the_o cause_n or_o the_o sign_n of_o something_o that_o follow_v so_o that_o wheresoever_o there_o be_v order_n there_o be_v place_n for_o prediction_n but_o there_o be_v no_o judgement_n to_o be_v give_v upon_o accident_n now_o though_o it_o be_v a_o very_a hard_a matter_n to_o arrive_v at_o the_o foreknowledge_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v and_o to_o predict_v 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private_a now_o this_o be_v a_o great_a folly_n to_o imagine_v that_o jupiter_n will_v wreak_v his_o displeasure_n upon_o pillar_n tree_n nay_o upon_o temple_n themselves_o and_o yet_o let_v the_o sacrilegious_a go_v free_a to_o strike_v sheep_n and_o consume_v altar_n and_o all_o this_o upon_o a_o consultation_n of_o the_o god_n as_o if_o he_o want_v either_o skill_n or_o justice_n to_o govern_v his_o own_o affair_n by_o himself_o either_o in_o spare_v the_o guilty_a oâ—…_n in_o destroy_v the_o innocent_a now_o what_o shall_v be_v the_o mystery_n of_o all_o this_o the_o wisdom_n of_o our_o forefather_n find_v it_o necessary_a to_o keep_v wicked_a people_n in_o awe_o by_o the_o apprehension_n of_o a_o superior_a power_n and_o to_o fright_v they_o into_o their_o good_a behaviour_n by_o the_o fear_n of_o a_o arm_a and_o a_o avenge_a justice_n over_o their_o head_n but_o how_o come_v it_o that_o the_o lightning_n which_o come_v from_o jupiter_n himself_o shall_v be_v say_v to_o be_v harmless_a and_o that_o which_o he_o cast_v upon_o counsel_n and_o advice_n to_o be_v so_o dangerous_a and_o mortal_a the_o moral_a of_o it_o be_v this._n that_o all_o king_n shall_v after_o jupiters_n example_n do_v all_o good_a by_o themselves_o and_o when_o severity_n be_v necessary_a permit_v that_o to_o be_v do_v by_o other_o beside_o that_o as_o crime_n be_v unequal_a so_o also_o shall_v be_v the_o punishment_n neither_o do_v they_o believe_v that_o jupiter_n to_o be_v the_o thunderer_n who_o image_n be_v worship_v in_o the_o capitol_n and_o in_o other_o place_n but_o intend_v it_o of_o the_o maker_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o universe_n by_o what_o name_n soever_o we_o shall_v call_v he_o now_o in_o truth_n jupiter_n do_v not_o immediate_o cast_v the_o lightning_n himself_o but_o leave_v nature_n to_o her_o ordinary_a method_n of_o operation_n so_o that_o what_o he_o do_v not_o immediate_o by_o himself_o he_o do_v yet_o cause_v to_o be_v do_v for_o whatsoever_o nature_n do_v god_n do_v there_o may_v be_v something_o gather_v out_o of_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v either_o say_v or_o do_v that_o a_o man_n may_v be_v the_o better_a for_o and_o he_o do_v a_o great_a thing_n that_o master_n the_o fear_n of_o thunder_n than_o he_o that_o discover_v the_o reason_n of_o it_o we_o be_v surround_v and_o beset_v with_o ill_a accident_n and_o since_o we_o can_v avoid_v the_o stroke_n of_o they_o let_v we_o prepare_v ourselves_o honest_o to_o bear_v they_o but_o how_o must_v that_o be_v by_o the_o contempt_n of_o death_n we_o do_v also_o contemn_v all_o thing_n in_o the_o way_n to_o it_o as_o wound_n shipwreck_n the_o fury_n of_o wild_a beast_n or_o any_o other_o violence_n whatsoeever_n which_o at_o the_o worst_a can_v but_o part_v the_o soul_n and_o the_o body_n and_o we_o have_v this_o for_o our_o comfort_n though_o our_o life_n be_v at_o the_o mercy_n of_o fortune_n she_o have_v yet_o no_o power_n over_o the_o dead_a how_o many_o be_v there_o that_o call_v for_o death_n in_o the_o distress_n of_o their_o heart_n even_o for_o the_o very_a fear_n of_o it_o and_o this_o unadvised_a desire_n of_o death_n do_v in_o common_a affect_v both_o the_o best_a and_o the_o worst_a of_o man_n only_o with_o this_o difference_n the_o former_a despise_v life_n and_o the_o other_o be_v weary_a of_o it_o it_o be_v a_o nauseous_a thing_n to_o serve_v the_o body_n and_o to_o be_v so_o many_o year_n a_o do_v so_o many_o beastly_a thing_n over_o and_o over_o it_o be_v well_o if_o in_o our_o life_n we_o can_v please_v other_o but_o whatever_o we_o do_v in_o our_o death_n let_v we_o be_v sure_a to_o please_v ourselves_o death_n be_v a_o thing_n which_o no_o care_n can_v avoid_v no_o felicity_n can_v tame_a it_o no_o power_n overcome_v it_o other_o thing_n be_v dispose_v of_o by_o chance_n and_o fortune_n but_o death_n treat_v all_o man_n alike_o the_o prosperous_a must_v die_v as_o well_o as_o the_o unfortunate_a and_o methinks_v the_o very_a despair_n of_o overcome_v our_o fate_n shall_v inspire_v we_o with_o courage_n to_o encounter_n it_o for_o there_o be_v no_o resolution_n so_o obstinate_a as_o that_o which_o arise_v from_o necessity_n it_o make_v a_o coward_n as_o bold_a as_o julius_n caesar_n though_o upon_o different_a principle_n we_o be_v all_o of_o we_o reserve_v for_o death_n and_o as_o nature_n bring_v forth_o one_o generation_n she_o call_v back_o another_o the_o whole_a dispute_n be_v about_o the_o time_n but_o no_o body_n doubt_v about_o the_o thing_n itself_o epist._n xxviii_o a_o contemplation_n of_o heaven_n and_o heavenly_a thing_n of_o god_n and_o of_o the_o soul_n there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n betwixt_o philosophy_n and_o other_o art_n and_o a_o great_a yet_o betwixt_o that_o philosophy_n itself_o which_o be_v of_o divine_a contemplation_n and_o that_o which_o have_v a_o regard_n to_o thing_n here_o below_o it_o be_v much_o high_a and_o brave_a it_o take_v a_o large_a scope_n and_o be_v unsatisfy_a with_o what_o it_o 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how_o miserable_a be_v that_o man_n in_o himself_o who_o when_o he_o have_v employ_v his_o power_n in_o rapine_n and_o cruelty_n upon_o other_o be_v yet_o more_o unhappy_a in_o himself_o he_o stand_v in_o fear_n both_o of_o his_o domestic_n and_o of_o stranger_n the_o faith_n of_o his_o friend_n and_o the_o piety_n of_o his_o child_n and_o fly_v to_o actual_a violence_n to_o secure_v he_o from_o the_o violence_n he_o fear_n when_o he_o come_v to_o look_v about_o he_o and_o to_o consider_v what_o he_o have_v do_v what_o he_o must_v and_o what_o he_o be_v about_o to_o do_v what_o with_o the_o wickedness_n and_o with_o the_o torment_n of_o his_o conscience_n many_o time_n he_o fear_n death_n often_o he_o wish_v for_o it_o and_o life_n more_o odious_a to_o himself_o than_o to_o his_o subject_n whereas_o on_o the_o contrary_a he_o that_o take_v a_o care_n of_o the_o public_a though_o of_o one_o part_n more_o perhaps_o than_o of_o another_o yet_o there_o be_v not_o any_o part_n of_o it_o but_o he_o look_v upon_o as_o part_v of_o himself_o his_o mind_n be_v tender_a and_o gentle_a and_o even_o where_o punishment_n be_v necessary_a and_o profitable_a he_o come_v to_o it_o unwilling_o and_o without_o any_o rancour_n or_o enmity_n in_o his_o heart_n let_v the_o authority_n in_o fine_a be_v what_o it_o will_v clemency_n become_v it_o and_o the_o great_a the_o power_n the_o great_a be_v the_o glory_n of_o it_o it_o be_v a_o true_o royal_a virtue_n for_o a_o prince_n to_o deliver_v his_o people_n from_o other_o man_n anger_n and_o not_o to_o oppress_v they_o with_o his_o own_o the_o end_n seneca_n moral_n the_o three_o and_o last_o part._n digest_v into_o xxviii_o epistle_n by_o roger_n l'estrange_n london_n print_v by_o tho._n newcomb_n for_o henry_n brome_n at_o the_o gun_n in_o saint_n to_o paul_n churchyard_n mdclxxviii_o the_o content_n epist._n i._n certain_a general_n direction_n for_o the_o government_n of_o the_o voice_n as_o in_o speak_v soft_a or_o loud_a quick_a or_o slow_a the_o speech_n be_v the_o index_n of_o the_o mind_n pag._n 1._o epist._n ii_o of_o stiles_n composition_n and_o the_o choice_n of_o word_n that_o be_v the_o best_a way_n of_o write_v and_o speak_v which_o be_v free_a and_o natural_a advice_n concern_v reading_n p._n 6._o epist._n iii_o against_o all_o sort_n of_o affectation_n in_o discourse_n fantastical_a study_n impertinent_a and_o unprofitable_a subtlety_n man_n business_n be_v virtue_n not_o word_n p._n 16._o epist._n iu._n business_n and_o want_v of_o news_n be_v no_o excuse_n among_o friend_n for_o not_o write_v wise_a man_n be_v the_o better_a for_o one_o another_o how_o far_o wisdom_n may_v be_v advance_v by_o precept_n p._n 26._o epist._n v._n seneca_n give_v a_o account_n of_o himself_o his_o study_n and_o of_o his_o inclination_n with_o many_o excellent_a reflection_n upon_o the_o duty_n and_o the_o error_n of_o humane_a life_n p._n 37._o epist._n vi_o the_o blessing_n of_o a_o virtuous_a retirement_n how_o we_o 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