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of_o he_o will_v they_o not_o note_v he_o for_o such_o a_o one_o as_o either_o yet_o have_v not_o proceed_v to_o the_o age_n of_o discretion_n or_o be_v go_v beyond_o it_o to_o year_n of_o dotage_n or_o relapsed_a back_n to_o a_o second_o childhood_n or_o if_o a_o man_n who_o have_v a_o charge_n of_o wife_n and_o child_n and_o servant_n and_o but_o a_o competent_a portion_n for_o they_o all_o do_v careless_o cast_v away_o one_o part_n of_o his_o mean_n at_o dice_n puff_n away_o another_o in_o smoke_n swallow_v down_o another_o in_o superfluous_a draught_n and_o leave_v but_o a_o four_o part_n of_o all_o for_o all_o other_o charge_n that_o concern_v himself_o and_o those_o that_o be_v commit_v to_o his_o keep_n will_v wiseman_n judge_v any_o
otherwise_o of_o he_o then_o as_o a_o man_n of_o a_o empty_a skull_n or_o ill-tempered_a brain_n and_o unfit_a to_o have_v a_o estate_n commit_v to_o his_o trust_n though_o but_o for_o himself_o much_o more_o unfit_a that_o other_o shall_v be_v put_v to_o depend_v upon_o his_o care_n or_o forecast_v doubtless_o belove_v it_o be_v much_o more_o foolish_a to_o misspend_v as_o most_o do_v the_o great_a part_n of_o this_o short_a and_o uncertain_a scantling_n of_o time_n then_o so_o to_o mis-imploy_a either_o land_n or_o good_n and_o yet_o their_o folly_n be_v more_o faulty_a than_o these_o example_n do_v imply_v for_o the_o four_o part_n of_o the_o ground_n be_v a_o permanent_a thing_n and_o the_o four_o part_n of_o the_o estate_n may_v be_v put_v into_o a_o sure_a hand_n and_o so_o be_v better_o employ_v by_o other_o then_o by_o the_o owner_n it_o will_v be_v but_o he_o that_o have_v wilful_o and_o wicked_o waste_v three_o finger_n of_o his_o hand-breadth_n of_o time_n as_o we_o have_v note_v the_o measure_n of_o it_o out_o of_o the_o psalmist_n can_v be_v sure_a that_o either_o himself_o or_o any_o one_o for_o he_o shall_v be_v trust_v with_o the_o four_o for_o better_a use_n of_o such_o foolish_a man_n as_o these_o there_o be_v so_o many_o that_o if_o the_o outside_n on_o their_o back_n be_v suit_v to_o the_o line_n of_o their_o head_n they_o will_v make_v as_o great_a a_o show_n in_o public_a assembly_n as_o yellow_a weed_n do_v in_o corne-field_n but_o they_o go_v in_o habit_n like_o other_o man_n and_o some_o of_o they_o so_o far_o beguile_v the_o world_n and_o themselves_o both_o as_o to_o be_v think_v much_o wise_a than_o they_o that_o bestow_v the_o most_o of_o their_o wake_a hour_n to_o better_a purpose_n thus_o i_o have_v bestow_v the_o rod_n according_a to_o the_o sentence_n of_o the_o wiseman_n upon_o the_o back_n of_o fool_n prov._n 26.3_o and_o chap._n 19.29_o 3._o the_o three_o use_v of_o this_o short_a uncertainty_n of_o our_o state_n of_o mortality_n 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