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this_o world_n if_o he_o be_v rich_a he_o have_v the_o 8._o trouble_n of_o care_n to_o keep_v his_o riches_n the_o trouble_n of_o avarice_n to_o increase_v they_o the_o trouble_n of_o fear_n to_o lose_v they_o the_o trouble_n of_o sorrow_n when_o they_o be_v lose_v and_o so_o his_o riches_n can_v only_o make_v he_o the_o more_o illustrious_o unhappy_a if_o he_o live_v as_o he_o ought_v he_o have_v the_o trouble_n of_o self-denyall_n the_o trouble_n of_o c_o 13._o mortify_v the_o flesh_n with_o the_o affection_n and_o lust_n the_o trouble_n of_o be_v in_o d_o 23_o death_n often_o the_o trouble_n of_o e_o 14._o crucify_v himself_o and_o of_o f_o 31_o die_v daily_o if_o to_o avoid_v those_o trouble_n he_o live_v in_o pleasure_n as_o he_o ought_v not_o he_o have_v the_o trouble_n of_o be_v tell_v that_o he_o be_v g_o 6._o dead_a whilst_o he_o live_v the_o trouble_n to_o h_o 1._o think_v that_o he_o must_v die_v the_o trouble_n to_o fear_v whilst_o he_o be_v die_v that_o he_o must_v live_v when_o he_o be_v dead_a that_o he_o may_v die_v eternal_o not_o to_o speak_v of_o those_o trouble_n which_o a_o man_n suffer_v in_o his_o nonage_n by_o be_v wean_v from_o the_o breast_n and_o by_o breed_v tooth_n in_o his_o boyage_n and_o youth_n by_o bear_v the_o yoke_n of_o subjection_n and_o the_o rigid_a discipline_n of_o the_o rod_n in_o his_o manhood_n and_o ripe_a year_n by_o make_v provision_n for_o all_o his_o family_n as_o servant-general_n to_o the_o whole_a nor_o to_o speak_v of_o those_o trouble_n which_o flow_v in_o upon_o he_o from_o every_o quarter_n whether_o by_o loss_n or_o affront_v contempt_n or_o envy_n by_o the_o anguish_n of_o some_o malady_n and_o by_o the_o loathsomeness_n of_o other_o rather_o than_o want_v matter_n of_o trouble_n he_o will_v be_v most_o of_o all_o trouble_a that_o he_o have_v a_o 179._o nothing_o to_o vex_v he_o in_o his_o sober_a interval_n and_o fit_n when_o he_o consider_v that_o he_o must_v die_v and_o begin_v to_o b_o 20._o cast_v up_o the_o account_n of_o his_o sin_n it_o will_v be_v some_o trouble_n to_o he_o that_o he_o be_v without_o chaslisement_n whereby_o he_o know_v he_o be_v a_o c_o 8._o bastard_n and_o not_o a_o son_n it_o will_v disquiet_v he_o not_o a_o little_a that_o he_o live_v at_o rest_n in_o his_o possession_n and_o become_v his_o great_a cross_n that_o he_o have_v prosperity_n in_o all_o thing_n not_o only_o the_o sting_n and_o the_o stroke_n but_o the_o very_a remembrance_n of_o death_n will_v be_v bitter_a to_o he_o so_o say_v jesus_n the_o son_n of_o sirach_n chap._n 41._o vers._n
1._o thus_o we_o see_v the_o child_n of_o man_n or_o the_o man_n who_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o woman_n be_v so_o full_a of_o trouble_n to_o the_o brim_n that_o many_o time_n it_o overflow'_v he_o on_o one_o side_n or_o other_o we_o all_o be_v trouble_v but_o some_o be_v trouble_v on_o d_o thebaide_n every_o side_n insomuch_o that_o they_o themselves_o be_v the_o great_a trouble_n unto_o themselves_o and_o it_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o death_n to_o they_o that_o they_o can_v die_v we_o find_v king_n david_n so_o sick_a of_o life_n as_o to_o fall_v wish_v for_o the_o wing_n of_o a_o dove_n that_o so_o his_o soul_n may_v fly_v away_o from_o the_o great_a impediment_n of_o his_o body_n he_o confess_v 54._o his_o day_n be_v at_o the_o long_a but_o a_o e_o 5._o span_n and_o yet_o he_o complain_v they_o be_v no_o short_a it_o seem_v that_o span_n be_v as_o the_o span_n of_o a_o wither_a hand_n which_o the_o far_o he_o stretch_v out_o the_o more_o it_o grieve_v he_o he_o be_v f_o 6._o weary_a of_o 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juniper_n in_o a_o melancholy_a posture_n and_o 4._o request_v of_o god_n that_o he_o may_v die_v in_o a_o very_a disconsolate_a and_o doleful_a manner_n even_o pour_v forth_o his_o soul_n in_o these_o melt_a accent_n it_o be_v enough_o now_o o_o lord_n take_v away_o my_o life_n for_o i_o be_o no_o better_a than_o my_o father_n and_o if_o the_o day_n of_o elijah_n be_v full_a of_o trouble_n how_o be_v job_n overwhelm_v and_o run_v over_o with_o his_o calamity_n when_o the_o b_o 4._o terror_n of_o god_n do_v set_v themselves_o in_o array_n against_o he_o how_o do_v he_o c_o 9_o long_o for_o destruction_n o_o say_v he_o that_o i_o may_v have_v my_o request_n that_o god_n will_v grant_v i_o the_o thing_n that_o i_o long_o for_o even_o that_o it_o will_v please_v he_o to_o destroy_v i_o that_o he_o will_v let_v loose_a his_o hand_n and_o cut_v i_o off_o how_o do_v he_o d_o etc._n curse_v the_o day_n of_o his_o birth_n and_o the_o night_n wherein_o he_o be_v conceive_v let_v that_o day_n be_v darkness_n let_v the_o shadow_n of_o death_n stain_v it_o let_v a_o cloud_n dwell_v upon_o it_o let_v blackness_n terrify_v it_o and_o for_o the_o night_n let_v it_o not_o be_v join_v unto_o the_o day_n of_o the_o year_n let_v the_o star_n of_o the_o twilight_n thereof_o be_v dark_a neither_o let_v it_o sâ—e_n the_o dawn_n of_o the_o day_n and_o what_o be_v his_o reason_n for_o this_o unkindness_n to_o that_o particular_a day_n and_o night_n save_v that_o they_o bring_v upon_o he_o trouble_v of_o be_v a_o man_n bear_v of_o a_o woman_n for_o we_o find_v he_o complain_v a_o little_a after_o 12._o why_o die_v i_o not_o from_o the_o womb_n why_o do_v i_o not_o give_v up_o the_o ghost_n when_o i_o come_v out_o of_o the_o belly_n and_o then_o for_o the_o life_n of_o our_o bless_a saviour_n who_o be_v call_v by_o way_n of_o eminence_n the_o son_n of_o man_n as_o i_o observe_v before_o that_o it_o be_v short_a so_o must_v i_o here_o put_v you_o in_o mind_n that_o it_o be_v full_a of_o 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