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A43775
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Religio jurisprudentis, or, The lawyer's advice to his son in counsels, essays, and other miscellanies, calculated chiefly to prevent the miscarriages of youth, and for the Orthodox establishment of their morals in years of maturity / per Philanthropum.
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Hildesley, Mark.
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1685
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Wing H1980; ESTC R21640
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man_n who_o be_v deputy_n lieutenant_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n shall_v not_o act_v like_o a_o prince_n within_o his_o territory_n be_v a_o thing_n to_o be_v count_v more_o a_o matter_n of_o prodigy_n than_o proof_n that_o soul_n that_o confine_v itself_o to_o itself_o and_o love_v not_o to_o dilate_v be_v the_o great_a heteroclite_n in_o rerum_fw-la naturâ_fw-la in_o the_o visible_a world_n and_o such_o be_v he_o that_o be_v profound_o covetous_a for_o a_o man_n that_o be_v never_o so_o covetous_a be_v on_o some_o occasion_n liberal_o affect_v to_o wit_n towards_o himself_o but_o regard_v not_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o family_n of_o god_n and_o be_v therefore_o a_o spurious_a and_o degenerate_a monster_n among_o mankind_n and_o not_o worthy_a to_o be_v own_v by_o they_o as_o a_o rational_a or_o intellectual_a agent_n but_o a_o excresence_n of_o humanity_n or_o a_o creature_n not_o a_o kin_n to_o generous_a mankind_n xvii_o de_fw-fr vitâ_fw-la &_o morte_fw-la of_o life_n and_o death_n manes_fw-la suos_fw-la cuique_fw-la patimur_fw-la say_v the_o great_a horace_n our_o urn_n and_o end_n be_v as_o certain_a as_o our_o beginning_n orimur_fw-la morimur_fw-la all_o of_o we_o that_o live_v must_v die_v which_o fatal_a word_n to_o the_o unthinking_a vulgar_a be_v the_o most_o formidable_a in_o nature_n and_o by_o the_o heathen_a call_v so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o some_o of_o the_o more_o think_v of_o they_o have_v have_v a_o rare_a notion_n of_o it_o viz._n dii_fw-la celant_fw-la homines_fw-la ut_fw-la vivere_fw-la durent_fw-la quam_fw-la sit_fw-la dulce_fw-la mori_fw-la that_o man_n may_v endure_v to_o live'_v the_o reason_n why_o the_o god_n conceal_v how_o sweet_a it_o be_v to_o die_v and_o the_o divine_a philosopher_n seneca_n seem_v to_o be_v much_o of_o that_o mind_n when_o he_o say_v that_o pompa_n mortis_fw-la magis_fw-la terret_fw-la quam_fw-la mors_fw-la ipsa_fw-la that_o the_o circumstance_n of_o our_o departure_n be_v more_o frightful_a than_o 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say_v but_o to_o exchange_v a_o worse_o for_o a_o better_a life_n be_v more_o than_o all_o that_o can_v be_v say_v è_fw-la contra_fw-la against_o it_o it_o be_v better_a not_o to_o be_v than_o to_o be_v miserable_a all_o agree_n but_o if_o we_o be_v moral_o certain_a of_o a_o eternal_a life_n he_o must_v needs_o be_v non_fw-la compos_fw-la mentis_fw-la out_o of_o his_o wit_n that_o be_v loath_a to_o die_v as_o death_n be_v a_o extinguishment_n of_o all_o our_o faculty_n and_o a_o divorce_n of_o soul_n and_o body_n indeed_o it_o be_v formidable_a but_o if_o we_o as_o jurisprudents_n look_n on_o it_o but_o as_o a_o emancipation_n or_o gaol-delivery_n and_o as_o a_o future_a state_n to_o which_o ab_fw-la initio_fw-la at_o first_o we_o be_v frame_v it_o be_v rather_o what_o we_o shall_v long_o for_o and_o covet_v than_o be_v shy_a of_o or_o dread_a a_o jurisprudent_a argue_v thus_o if_o i_o be_o here_o but_o by_o the_o