lord_n be_v thou_o please_v to_o give_v we_o this_o grace_n so_o to_o instruct_v we_o and_o convince_v we_o of_o the_o shortness_n of_o our_o life_n that_o we_o may_v by_o this_o consideration_n be_v bring_v to_o pay_v that_o constant_a reverence_n and_o obedience_n which_o be_v due_a to_o thou_o and_o wherein_o the_o true_a wisdom_n consist_v for_o there_o can_v be_v any_o great_a folly_n imaginable_a than_o to_o provoke_v thou_o by_o our_o sin_n and_o to_o run_v the_o adventure_n of_o be_v cut_v off_o by_o thou_o in_o our_o sin_n verse_n 13._o and_o o_o lord_n if_o it_o stand_v with_o thy_o good_a pleasure_n reverse_v the_o sentence_n of_o excision_n which_o be_v go_v out_o against_o we_o let_v it_o suffice_v that_o thy_o wrath_n have_v sweep_v away_o so_o many_o of_o we_o vouchsafe_v at_o last_o to_o be_v pacify_v and_o reconcile_v with_o we_o verse_n 14._o we_o have_v lie_v very_o long_o under_o thy_o wrath_n delay_v not_o now_o to_o afford_v we_o the_o full_a stream_n of_o thy_o 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be_v plain_a and_o easy_a and_o rational_a enough_o in_o the_o sense_n before_o mention_v be_v by_o some_o diverse_o render_v and_o strange_o too_o 1._o stapleton_n and_o other_o prove_v from_o hence_o a_o purgatory_n vid._n du_n moulin_n in_o his_o confutation_n of_o purgatory_n pag._n 268._o 2._o thomas_n aquinas_n by_o the_o dead_a understand_v sin_n which_o be_v dead_a work_n 3._o claudius_n guiliandus_fw-la understand_v it_o of_o martyrdom_n for_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o resurrection_n 4._o some_o interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d over_o the_o dead_a as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v the_o manner_n of_o some_o to_o baptise_v over_o the_o grave_n of_o the_o dead_a to_o cherish_v their_o hope_n of_o the_o resurrection_n but_o this_o custom_n be_v not_o where_o read_v of_o 5._o other_o think_v it_o may_v allude_v to_o a_o ancient_a custom_n of_o the_o faithful_a jew_n who_o to_o strengthen_v their_o hope_n of_o a_o resurrection_n use_v to_o wash_v the_o body_n of_o their_o dead_a 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the_o second_o death_n be_v apply_v to_o a_o â—tter_n final_a irreparable_a excision_n and_o cutâ—ing_v off_o revel_v 20.6_o now_o against_o this_o second_o death_n the_o bitter_a pain_n of_o eternal_a death_n in_o the_o burn_a lake_n where_o the_o worm_n never_o die_v and_o the_o fire_n be_v not_o quench_v the_o church_n here_o teach_v we_o to_o pray_v for_o as_o to_o the_o first_o death_n which_o be_v a_o debt_n to_o be_v pay_v to_o that_o nature_n which_o we_o derive_v from_o adam_n there_o be_v no_o avoid_v of_o it_o palvis_n es_fw-la &_o in_o pulverem_fw-la reverteris_fw-la â—s_a man_n epitaph_n write_v with_o god_n own_o finger_n gen._n 3.19_o but_o libenter_fw-la mortalis_fw-la sum_fw-la qui_fw-la sim_fw-la futurus_fw-la immortalis_fw-la be_v the_o faithful_a man_n subscription_n thou_o know_v lord_n the_o secret_n of_o our_o heart_n shut_v not_o thy_o merciful_a ear_n to_o our_o prayer_n but_o spare_v we_o lord_n most_o holy_a o_o god_n most_o mighty_a o_o holy_a and_o 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quality_n from_o the_o glorify_a body_n in_o heaven_n verse_n 40._o for_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o in_o the_o resurrection_n there_o shall_v be_v 1._o a_o improvement_n of_o all_o man_n estate_n who_o have_v their_o part_n in_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o just_a above_o that_o which_o they_o here_o enjoy_v verse_n 41._o 2._o there_o shall_v be_v degree_n of_o glory_n of_o one_o above_o another_o as_o heavenly_a body_n be_v more_o glorious_a than_o earthly_a and_o one_o heavenly_a body_n more_o glorious_a than_o another_o so_o shall_v it_o be_v in_o the_o resurrection_n verse_n 42._o for_o it_o be_v to_o be_v note_v which_o be_v indeed_o the_o chief_a thing_n notable_a in_o this_o present_a discourse_n that_o the_o body_n which_o shall_v rise_v differ_v from_o those_o that_o die_v and_o the_o state_n of_o the_o resurrection_n differ_v from_o that_o of_o this_o life_n that_o which_o fall_v into_o the_o grave_n be_v a_o corruptible_a body_n that_o which_o shall_v rise_v 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