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as_o may_v be_v reasonable_o suppose_v be_v ten_o thousand_o time_n more_o honour_n to_o he_o than_o the_o pompous_a funeral_n of_o the_o patriarch_n jacob_n when_o he_o be_v carry_v with_o so_o vast_a a_o train_n of_o mourner_n out_o of_o egypt_n into_o canaan_n gen._n 50.9_o second_o exhortation_n labour_v to_o learn_v this_o lesson_n well_o of_o obedience_n to_o the_o divine_a will_n in_o the_o point_n of_o death_n and_o that_o you_o may_v do_v so_o take_v these_o direction_n 1._o make_v death_n familiar_a to_o you_o by_o frequent_a fore-thought_n of_o it_o those_o thing_n which_o surprise_v we_o most_o we_o be_v usual_o lest_o submissive_a to_o god_n in_o but_o what_o we_o expect_v and_o look_v for_o we_o be_v gradual_o reconcile_v to_o if_o we_o propose_v a_o long_a life_n to_o ourselves_o and_o put_v away_o the_o remembrance_n of_o death_n we_o shall_v certain_o make_v our_o die_a work_n so_o much_o the_o hard_a it_o be_v necessary_a not_o only_o to_o think_v that_o our_o 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