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death_n with_o joy_n &_o mirth_n as_o 6._o as_o herodot_n lib._n 5._o solin_n poly._n hist_o cap._n 15_o val_n maxim_n lib._n 2_o cap._n 6._o divers_a ancient_a writer_n record_n thereby_o insinuate_v that_o our_o life_n be_v nothing_o but_o misery_n and_o death_n the_o end_n of_o misery_n but_o 2._o but_o bern_n de_fw-fr consid_fw-la l._n 2._o a_o christian_a author_n more_o effectual_o express_v this_o point_n thus_o in_o substance_n that_o if_o the_o great_a man_n in_o the_o world_n do_v in_o a_o holy_a meditation_n strip_v himself_o out_o of_o his_o robe_n and_o ornament_n of_o state_n which_o he_o neither_o bring_v into_o the_o world_n with_o he_o at_o his_o birth_n nor_o shall_v carry_v out_o of_o the_o world_n with_o he_o at_o his_o death_n he_o shall_v find_v himself_o to_o be_v nothing_o but_o a_o man_n naked_a poor_a pitcous_a and_o to_o be_v pity_v lament_v that_o he_o be_v a_o man_n blush_v that_o he_o be_v naked_a weep_v that_o he_o be_v bear_v and_o murmur_v that_o he_o be_v at_o all_o 3_o and_o thus_o much_o in_o general_n for_o particularity_n will_v be_v infinite_a of_o man_n misery_n in_o regard_n of_o temporal_a pain_n which_o be_v all_o that_o the_o heathen_a &_o infidel_n apprehend_v for_o as_o for_o any_o eternal_a punishment_n for_o sin_n after_o this_o life_n he_o never_o dream_v of_o it_o nay_o make_v a_o jest_n of_o it_o as_o we_o by_o god_n assistance_n shall_v see_v *_o hereafter_o 3_o chap._n 4_o sect._n 3_o 4._o but_o the_o christian_n proceed_v further_a and_o touch_v evil_n of_o pain_n be_v most_o trouble_a with_o fear_n of_o eternal_a punishment_n for_o sin_n in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v he_o have_v learn_v out_o of_o god_n word_n 5._o word_n exod._n 20._o v._o 5._o that_o god_n be_v a_o jealous_a god_n and_o full_a of_o indignation_n when_o he_o be_v dishonour_v and_o we_o know_v that_o jealousy_n be_v the_o anger_n of_o anger_n 7._o anger_n exod._n 34._o v._o 7._o that_o the_o will_n in_o no_o wise_n absolve_v the_o wicked_a and_o ungogly_a 13_o ungogly_a hab._n 1._o v._n 13_o that_o his_o eye_n be_v so_o pure_a that_o they_o can_v endure_v to_o behold_v iniquity_n 6_o iniquity_n rom._n 2_o v._o 6_o that_o he_o reward_v every_o man_n accerd_v to_o his_o work_n 9_o work_n verse_n 9_o that_o tribulation_n and_o anguish_n shall_v be_v upon_o every_o soul_n that_o sin_v that_o the_o sinner_n daily_o heap_v up_o wrath_n against_o the_o day_n of_o wrath_n and_o declaration_n of_o the_o righteous_a judgement_n of_o god_n 31._o god_n heb._n 10._o vers_fw-la 31._o that_o it_o be_v a_o fearful_a thing_n to_o fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o live_a god_n 12._o god_n rom_n 5._o vers_fw-la 12._o that_o death_n come_v into_o the_o world_n by_o sin_n 21._o sin_n rom._n 6._o vers_fw-la 21._o and_o be_v the_o end_n &_o reward_v of_o sin_n 27._o sin_n heb._n 9_o vers_fw-la 27._o that_o after_o death_n come_v judgement_n 10._o judgement_n 2._o cor._n 5._o vers_fw-la 10._o and_o that_o we_o must_v all_o appear_v before_o 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common_o it_o be_v least_o feel_v and_o the_o infidel_n scarce_o feel_v it_o at_o all_o for_o as_o â—8_o as_o sen._n ep_v â—8_o a_o heathen_a himself_o well_o observe_v man_n be_v not_o greave_v for_o their_o fault_n before_o they_o be_v greeve_v with_o the_o bad_a success_n of_o their_o fault_n that_o be_v they_o be_v not_o sorry_a for_o do_v ill_a but_o for_o speed_v ill_a not_o that_o they_o be_v naught_o but_o that_o they_o be_v wretched_a in_o a_o word_n they_o grieve_v that_o they_o be_v miserable_a not_o that_o they_o be_v wicked_a and_o worthy_a to_o be_v miserable_a that_o they_o be_v punish_v not_o that_o they_o have_v deserve_v to_o be_v punish_v which_o be_v verify_v not_o only_o in_o the_o common_a sort_n of_o who_o he_o mean_v it_o but_o of_o the_o best_a among_o the_o gentile_n yea_o of_o himself_o too_o for_o howsoever_o they_o seem_v to_o teach_v sometime_o that_o vice_n be_v a_o evil_a of_o itself_o as_o 4._o as_o plato_n de_fw-fr repub_fw-la l_o 4._o plato_n divine_o affirm_v that_o no_o man_n can_v do_v wrong_a to_o another_o but_o first_o he_o must_v do_v wrong_a to_o himself_o and_o reddendum_fw-la and_o plutarch_n quod_fw-la solum_fw-la vitium_fw-la sufficiat_fw-la ad_fw-la hominem_fw-la miserum_fw-la reddendum_fw-la another_o have_v write_v a_o whole_a treatise_n to_o prove_v that_o vice_n alone_o be_v sufficient_a to_o make_v a_o man_n miserable_a which_o work_n of_o he_o be_v pitiful_o mangle_v by_o injury_n of_o time_n yet_o they_o only_o apprehend_v vice_n as_o a_o political_a or_o at_o the_o most_o a_o moral_a evil_n a_o political_a evil_n for_o as_o much_o as_o it_o make_v man_n subject_a to_o punishment_n and_o obnoxious_a to_o public_a justice_n or_o as_o a_o moral_a evil_n that_o stain_a and_o impair_v their_o reputation_n and_o
hard_o 4._o hard_o chap._n 2._o sect_n 4._o before_o yet_o herein_o the_o most_o renown_a of_o they_o have_v shameful_o err_v &_o draw_v other_o into_o error_n 1._o error_n cie_o tuse_a quaest_a â—ib_n 1._o tully_n in_o a_o large_a discourse_n take_v it_o for_o grant_v that_o after_o death_n man_n either_o shall_v be_v happy_a or_o else_o not_o be_v at_o all_o orum_fw-la all_o senec_n de_fw-fr remediis_fw-la fortui_fw-la orum_fw-la seneca_n peremptory_o avouch_v that_o all_o thing_n be_v end_v by_o death_n yea_o death_n itself_o which_o speech_n of_o his_o 42._o his_o tertul._n the_o resurrect_a carnis_fw-la cap._n 2._o &_o de_fw-la any_fw-la ma_fw-fr cap._n 42._o tertullian_n both_o just_o reprove_v and_o pithy_o confute_v and_o in_o 19_o in_o sen._n conso_fw-la sit_v ad_fw-la matriam_fw-la c._n 19_o another_o place_n the_o same_o seneca_n more_o distinct_o affirm_v that_o those_o thing_n that_o make_v bell_n so_o terrible_a unto_o we_o be_v but_o a_o mere_a fable_n that_o no_o darkness_n no_o prison_n no_o lake_n of_o fire_n be_v appoint_v for_o any_o after_o death_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v none_o arraign_v no_o judge_n to_o condemn_v that_o those_o that_o devise_v these_o thing_n have_v but_o fright_v we_o with_o scarecrow_n that_o death_n be_v the_o dissolution_n and_o end_n of_o all_o grief_n beyond_o which_o our_o evil_n do_v not_o reach_v the_o same_o in_o effect_n be_v deliver_v by_o 13._o by_o epict._n dissertat_fw-la lib._n â—_o cap._n 13._o epictetus_n otherwise_o almost_o more_o than_o a_o humane_a author_n but_o most_o blind_o and_o profane_o of_o all_o other_o write_v 55._o write_v plin._n hist_o â—at_a lib_n 7._o cap_n 55._o pliny_n hereof_o although_o in_o most_o elegant_a word_n and_o plausible_a language_n the_o sum_n whereof_o be_v this_o that_o all_o man_n be_v in_o the_o same_o case_n after_o their_o last_o day_n as_o they_o be_v before_o the_o first_o day_n and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o more_o feeling_n either_o in_o the_o body_n or_o soul_n after_o the_o day_n of_o their_o death_n than_o there_o be_v before_o the_o day_n of_o their_o birth_n that_o they_o may_v think_v otherwise_o be_v foolish_a and_o absurd_a as_o if_o there_o be_v any_o difference_n between_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n breathe_v &_o other_o creature_n or_o as_o if_o there_o be_v not_o many_o other_o creature_n of_o long_a continuance_n than_o man_n of_o who_o eternity_n notwithstanding_o no_o man_n dream_n that_o these_o be_v but_o childish_a imagination_n and_o false_a conceit_n of_o mortality_n that_o affect_v immortality_n and_o will_v never_o have_v a_o end_n etc._n etc._n thus_o be_v the_o heathen_n ignorant_a of_o the_o chief_a branch_n of_o man_n passive_a misery_n namely_o god_n vengeance_n on_o sinner_n and_o the_o full_a execution_n thereof_o after_o death_n in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v chap._n 5._o that_o the_o gentile_n be_v ignorant_a both_o of_o the_o cause_n and_o the_o greatness_n of_o man_n misery_n have_v gross_o err_v in_o the_o true_a remedy_n against_o the_o same_o 1_o now_o the_o blind_a heathen_n be_v so_o gross_o ignorant_a both_o of_o the_o cause_n &_o also_o of_o the_o measure_n &_o greatness_n of_o man_n misery_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o they_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o true_a remedy_n for_o the_o same_o the_o thing_n that_o make_v man_n state_n so_o miserable_a as_o have_v *_o former_o be_v say_v be_v principal_o two_o the_o evil_n we_o suffer_v 1_o chap._n 2._o sect_n 1_o and_o the_o evil_n which_o we_o do_v with_o the_o former_a whereof_o carnal_a &_o natural_a man_n be_v most_o move_v although_o they_o shall_v be_v most_o move_v with_o the_o latter_a 6._o chap._n 2_o sect_n 6._o *_o as_o have_v be_v show_v touch_v the_o evil_n which_o we_o suffer_v as_o sickness_n famine_n pestilence_n war_n poverty_n banishment_n imprisonment_n torment_v at_o our_o enemy_n pleasure_n unhappy_a match_n and_o the_o like_o both_o innumerable_a and_o intolerable_a cross_n and_o last_o of_o all_o death_n itself_o which_o although_o to_o natural_a man_n it_o have_v seem_v the_o end_n of_o all_o evil_n yet_o withal_o they_o have_v take_v it_o for_o the_o high_a evil_a the_o remedy_n which_o they_o by_o their_o best_a meditation_n and_o study_n can_v devise_v against_o they_o be_v very_o poor_a yea_o miserable_a and_o therefore_o unfit_a to_o relieve_v misery_n 2_o for_o let_v we_o hear_v what_o they_o can_v say_v touch_v these_o thing_n that_o so_o much_o trouble_v &_o vex_v we_o in_o this_o world_n indeed_o man_n have_v strain_v their_o spirit_n to_o the_o high_a &_o wondrous_o labour_v to_o fortify_v their_o mind_n against_o all_o occurrent_n of_o that_o nature_n but_o with_o poor_a and_o pitiful_a success_n for_o if_o we_o read_v those_o which_o with_o most_o particularity_n have_v handle_v this_o argument_n as_o two_o special_o have_v do_v fortuit_fw-la do_v senec._n de_fw-fr remediis_fw-la fortuit_fw-la the_o one_o ancient_a fortunae_fw-la ancient_a petrarch_n de_fw-mi reme_v utriusque_fw-la fortunae_fw-la the_o other_o of_o late_a time_n we_o shall_v see_v they_o feed_v we_o with_o word_n and_o wind_n and_o give_v we_o only_o verbal_a comfort_n against_o real_a evil_n i_o must_v forbear_v the_o particular_n and_o insist_v only_o in_o those_o general_a remedy_n wherein_o all_o agree_v the_o first_o be_v devise_v by_o the_o founder_n of_o the_o stoical_a profession_n zeno_n and_o carry_v a_o goodly_a show_n of_o secure_v we_o that_o way_n 2._o way_n cic_a tuse_n quaest_a lib._n 2._o his_o best_a munition_n against_o this_o branch_n of_o humane_a misery_n be_v that_o nothing_o can_v make_v a_o man_n miserable_a but_o evil_n that_o only_a vice_n be_v evil_a and_o therefore_o that_o only_a vice_n can_v make_v a_o man_n miserable_a that_o poverty_n sickness_n banishment_n imprisonment_n cold_a hunger_n famine_n whip_v rack_a cruel_a kind_n of_o death_n be_v no_o vice_n and_o therefore_o no_o evil_n no_o evil_n and_o therefore_o can_v not_o make_v we_o miserable_a and_o 2._o and_o sense_n de_fw-fr constant_a sapient_a sive_fw-la de_fw-fr tranquil_a viâ—e_n lib._n 2._o seneca_n strain_n the_o point_n yet_o far_a tell_v we_o that_o a_o wise_a and_o virtuous_a man_n can_v be_v wrong_v by_o any_o but_o alas_o what_o poor_a and_o cold_a comfort_n be_v these_o what_o be_v sickness_n imprison_v famine_n whip_v rack_a hang_a burn_a and_o other_o like_a or_o great_a torment_n the_o less_o or_o easy_a because_o i_o be_o tell_v they_o be_v no_o evil_n what_o fond_a cavillation_n and_o sophistical_a delusion_n be_v this_o that_o because_o these_o be_v not_o evil_n of_o fault_n therefore_o they_o be_v not_o evil_n of_o pain_n or_o no_o evil_n at_o all_o c._n all_o cicer._n quâ—_n supra_fw-la hac_fw-la sect_n lit_fw-fr mar_v giu_fw-fr c._n a_o heathen_a author_n himself_o just_o laugh_v at_o this_o vanity_n and_o pithy_o confute_v it_o the_o stoic_n say_v he_o conclude_v by_o certain_a urine_a cavillation_n that_o painâ—_n or_o grief_n be_v no_o evil_a as_o though_o the_o word_n evil_a do_v trouble_v we_o not_o the_o thing_n why_o do_v thou_o mock_v i_o o_o zeno_n for_o when_o thou_o deny_v that_o which_o be_v so_o terrible_a to_o i_o to_o be_v a_o evil_a thou_o do_v but_o cozen_v i_o and_o i_o will_v glod_o know_v of_o thou_o why_o that_o which_o seem_v to_o i_o most_o miserable_a shall_v not_o be_v evil_a thou_o say_v that_o nothing_o be_v evil_a but_o that_o which_o be_v naught_o and_o dishonest_a in_o so_o say_v thou_o do_v but_o return_v to_o thy_o old_a foolery_n for_o by_o all_o this_o thou_o do_v not_o take_v away_o the_o thing_n that_o torment_v i_o i_o know_v well_o enough_o that_o pain_n be_v not_o wickedness_n never_o tell_v i_o what_o i_o know_v well_o enough_o already_o prove_v to_o i_o that_o there_o be_v no_o odds_n in_o the_o matter_n whether_o i_o be_v in_o pain_n or_o not_o in_o pain_n and_o here_o it_o be_v worthy_a of_o observation_n that_o when_o these_o gallant_n that_o thus_o in_o word_n brave_v all_o outward_a pain_n and_o grief_n incident_a to_o the_o body_n come_v to_o practice_n &_o action_n they_o recant_v these_o brag_n which_o they_o have_v utter_v in_o their_o idle_a speculation_n so_o tully_n himself_o who_o much_o incline_v to_o this_o paradox_n of_o the_o stoic_n and_o labour_v to_o fortify_v his_o spirit_n thereby_o against_o these_o evil_n of_o pain_n when_o it_o come_v to_o trial_n miserable_o discover_v his_o weakness_n &_o that_o in_o the_o least_o and_o light_a of_o these_o external_a cross_n namely_o banishment_n 38._o banishment_n dio_fw-mi cassious_a hiss_v roman_a lib._n 38._o for_o he_o so_o base_o behave_v himself_o therein_o that_o one_o philiscus_n of_o his_o old_a acquaintance_n sharp_o reprove_v he_o for_o the_o same_o and_o special_o because_o himself_o have_v speak_v and_o write_v so_o stout_o in_o contempt_n of_o all_o such_o casual_a grievance_n &_o