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A37030
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A contemplation of mans mortalitie. Preached at Reading, by John Dashfield, M.A.
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Dashfield, John.
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1649
(1649)
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Wing D279A; ESTC R214401
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a_o contemplation_n of_o man_n mortality_n preach_v at_o read_v by_o john_n dashfield_n m.a._n print_a at_o london_n 1649_o to_o the_o true-lover_n of_o virtue_n and_o learning_n john_n penrice_n esquire_n john_n dashfield_n wish_v all_o happiness_n sir_n in_o the_o view_n of_o these_o bleed_a time_n i_o be_o bold_a to_o present_v unto_o you_o a_o contemplation_n of_o man_n mortaitie_n a_o subject_n indeed_o real_o intend_v upon_o the_o death_n of_o your_o most_o valiant_a and_o undaunted_a kinsman_n major_a william_n pâ—â—chard_n the_o world_n valour_n who_o of_o all_o man_n choose_v i_o for_o his_o minister_n at_o his_o execution_n and_o i_o in_o lieu_n of_o his_o approbation_n presume_v to_o present_v this_o unto_o you_o and_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o friend_n and_o kindred_n and_o as_o hannah_n when_o she_o have_v present_v her_o young_a son_n samuel_n unto_o the_o lord_n do_v make_v he_o a_o little_a coat_n so_o have_v i_o put_v this_o my_o little_a child_n into_o a_o new_a coat_n and_o be_o bold_a to_o present_v it_o to_o your_o noble_a favour_n for_o protection_n vouchsafe_v therefore_o to_o take_v it_o by_o the_o hand_n and_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o ephramite_n shall_v be_v hear_v here_o to_o speak_v as_o plain_a at_o the_o smooth-tongued_a canaanite_n and_o so_o i_o pray_v god_n to_o bless_v your_o person_n and_o affair_n here_o that_o you_o may_v be_v keep_v blameless_a unto_o the_o come_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ._n and_o this_o shall_v ever_o be_v the_o prayer_n of_o he_o that_o be_v you_o in_o all_o christian_a service_n john_n dashfield_n ovid_n nec_fw-la leges_fw-la metuunt_fw-la maestaque_fw-la victrici_fw-la jura_n sub_fw-la ense_fw-mi â—acent_fw-la the_o contemplation_n of_o man_n mortality_n eccle._n the_o 7_o chap._n part_n of_o the_o 36_o ver_fw-la recordare_fw-la novissima_fw-la remember_v thy_o end_n it_o be_v the_o general_a opinion_n of_o the_o best_a writer_n perfectissimam_fw-la vitam_fw-la esse_fw-la continuam_fw-la 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forget_v of_o his_o beginning_n and_o his_o end_n arise_v his_o idolatry_n and_o so_o revive_v by_o those_o bone_n the_o remembrance_n of_o what_o they_o be_v heretofore_o and_o what_o they_o shall_v be_v hereafter_o he_o do_v make_v they_o amend_v that_o fault_n and_o reduce_v they_o from_o their_o error_n god_n create_v man_n of_o the_o base_a matter_n of_o very_a dust_n but_o this_o dust_n be_v mould_v by_o god_n own_o hand_n and_o inspire_v it_o with_o so_o much_o wisdom_n counsel_n and_o prudence_n tertullian_n call_v it_o cura_fw-la divini_fw-la ingenii_fw-la but_o man_n grow_v proud_a hereupon_o and_o hope_v to_o be_v a_o god_n himself_o god_n doom_v he_o to_o death_n and_o wrap_v he_o again_o in_o dirty_a swaddle_a clout_n with_o this_o inscription_n pulvis_fw-la es_fw-la dust_n thou_o be_v and_o to_o dust_n thou_o shall_v return_v adam_n do_v not_o without_o some_o mystery_n clothe_v himself_o with_o green_a leaf_n for_o as_o saint_n ambrose_n have_v note_v it_o he_o give_v 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building_n be_v but_o dust_n our_o idle_a thought_n and_o vain_a hope_n imagine_v it_o to_o be_v of_o gold_n and_o man_n life_n be_v so_o short_a that_o as_o nazianzene_n say_v it_o be_v no_o more_o than_o to_o go_v out_o of_o one_o grave_n to_o enter_v into_o another_o out_o of_o the_o womb_n of_o our_o particular_a mother_n into_o that_o of_o the_o common_a mother_n of_o we_o all_o which_o be_v the_o earth_n because_o therefore_o we_o flatter_v our_o self_n with_o the_o enjoy_n of_o a_o long_a life_n therefore_o the_o son_n of_o syrach_n be_v desirous_a to_o cut_v off_o this_o error_n say_v in_o omnibus_fw-la operibus_fw-la tuis_fw-la recordare_fw-la novissima_fw-la tua_fw-la &_o in_o aeternum_fw-la non_fw-la peccabis_fw-la whatsoever_o thou_o take_v in_o hand_n remember_v thy_o end_n death_n say_v saint_n augustine_n in_o his_o book_n against_o the_o pelagian_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o privation_n of_o life_n have_v a_o name_n and_o no_o essence_n as_o hunger_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o defect_n of_o food_n thirst_n lack_v of_o drink_n darkness_n the_o absence_n of_o light_n even_o so_o death_n be_v but_o a_o name_n for_o want_v of_o life_n death_n then_o have_v a_o name_n without_o essence_n god_n be_v not_o the_o creator_n thereof_o neither_o cause_n nor_o author_n for_o all_o thing_n that_o god_n make_v have_v essence_n which_o term_n of_o essence_n comprehend_v that_o which_o be_v or_o that_o be_v to_o be_v bear_v most_o true_a it_o be_v that_o for_o the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n god_n pronounce_v the_o sentence_n of_o death_n against_o man_n but_o there_o be_v great_a difference_n between_o pronounce_v the_o sentence_n of_o death_n and_o to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o death_n they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o solomon_n not_o i_o deus_fw-la mortem_fw-la non_fw-la fecit_fw-la nec_fw-la laetatur_fw-la in_o perditione_n vivorum_fw-la god_n have_v not_o make_v death_n neither_o have_v he_o pleasure_n in_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o live_n creavit_fw-la enim_fw-la ut_fw-la essent_fw-la omne_fw-la etc._n etc._n for_o he_o create_v all_o thing_n that_o they_o may_v have_v their_o be_v and_o the_o generation_n of_o the_o world_n be_v preserve_v but_o in_o another_o place_n he_o say_v invidia_n autem_fw-la diaboli_fw-la mors_fw-la intravit_fw-la in_o orbem_fw-la terrarum_fw-la through_o envy_n of_o the_o devil_n come_v death_n into_o the_o world_n wisdom_n 2.24_o the_o devil_n then_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n be_v also_o the_o author_n of_o death_n by_o sin_n the_o devil_n can_v incite_v man_n to_o sin_n but_o he_o can_v not_o constrain_v he_o to_o yield_v consent_n adam_n can_v keep_v himself_o well_o enough_o from_o taste_v the_o tree_n of_o life_n but_o god_n will_n be_v that_o he_o shall_v not_o sin_n and_o so_o consequent_o will_v not_o have_v he_o to_o die_v but_o leave_v life_n and_o take_v death_n and_o follow_v then_o the_o free_a liberty_n of_o his_o will_n he_o make_v himself_o mortal_a so_o that_o his_o fault_n and_o disobedience_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o death_n to_o he_o and_o all_o man_n else_o beside_o from_o whence_o therefore_o the_o apostle_n infer_v propterea_fw-la sicut_fw-la per_fw-la unum_fw-la hominem_fw-la peccatum_fw-la in_o hunc_fw-la mundum_fw-la intravit_fw-la &_o per_fw-la peccatum_fw-la mors_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o by_o one_o man_n sin_n enter_v into_o the_o world_n and_o death_n by_o sin_n so_o death_n go_v over_o all_o man_n forasmuch_o as_o all_o man_n have_v sin_v rom._n 5.12_o nothing_o then_o more_o certain_a than_o death_n and_o nothing_o more_o uncertain_a than_o the_o time_n when_o the_o place_n where_o and_o the_o manner_n how_o yet_o one_o thing_n to_o this_o purpose_n whereof_o i_o be_o now_o to_o speak_v and_o i_o know_v it_o may_v very_o well_o seem_v a_o novelty_n to_o many_o and_o fabulous_a to_o divers_a other_o because_o it_o be_v a_o matter_n very_o difficult_a to_o be_v prove_v nor_o do_v i_o purpose_n