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god_n upon_o those_o persecute_v tyrant_n domitian_n hadrian_n valerian_n dioclesian_n maximinus_n aurelian_a arnolphus_n bajazet_n the_o turk_n and_o mamucha_n a_o saracen_n the_o former_a be_v slay_v with_o dagger_n by_o his_o own_o servant_n sucton_n in_o his_o privy_a chamber_n his_o wife_n consent_v the_o second_o have_v cause_v ten_o thousand_o christian_n at_o one_o time_n to_o be_v crucify_v 12._o and_o still_o rage_v against_o they_o god_n take_v he_o in_o hand_n at_o last_o smite_v he_o with_o a_o issue_n of_o blood_n then_o with_o a_o consumption_n of_o his_o lung_n and_o light_n which_o he_o spit_v out_o three_o with_o a_o dropsy_n and_o be_v in_o horrible_a torment_n he_o will_v have_v kill_v himself_o but_o be_v hinder_v he_o die_v in_o that_o miserable_a estate_n the_o three_o be_v take_v prisoner_n in_o the_o persian_a war_n 30._o sapor_n the_o king_n of_o persia_n use_v he_o as_o a_o block_n or_o stirrup_n to_o get_v on_o horseback_n and_o as_o eusebius_n say_v make_v 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with_o the_o fall_n of_o a_o hothouse_n upon_o he_o arrius_n void_v his_o gut_n the_o emperor_n constantius_n and_o valence_n zozom_v both_o arrian_n be_v punish_v by_o god_n the_o former_a by_o a_o sudden_a and_o inexpected_a apoplexy_n whereof_o he_o die_v the_o latter_a be_v burn_v in_o a_o little_a house_n 13_o in_o which_o he_o have_v hide_v himself_o in_o his_o slight_n from_o the_o goth_n but_o what_o need_v i_o go_v so_o far_o for_o example_n all_o age_n be_v full_a of_o they_o and_o we_o see_v how_o god_n suffer_v adulterer_n drunkard_n and_o other_o sinner_n which_o escape_v often_o unpunished_a to_o fall_v into_o theft_n and_o murder_n whereby_o they_o come_v unto_o their_o death_n which_o thing_n if_o man_n will_v due_o consider_v it_o will_v rouse_v they_o up_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n unto_o better_a care_n and_o conscience_n which_o god_n grant_v unto_o us._n but_o i_o will_v hold_v thou_o no_o long_o but_o leave_v thou_o to_o consider_v the_o thing_n i_o have_v prepare_v for_o thou_o thou_o in_o christ_n thomas_n tuke_n a_o discourse_n of_o death_n corporal_n spiritvall_n and_o eternal_a there_o be_v death_n as_o of_o life_n so_o of_o death_n three_o different_a kind_n external_a or_o bodily_a internal_a or_o spiritual_a eternal_a or_o of_o both_o body_n and_o soul_n external_a or_o bodily_a death_n be_v as_o ignis_fw-la plutarch_n say_v the_o privation_n of_o all_o heat_n or_o as_o 23._o scaliger_n speak_v the_o privatien_n of_o life_n or_o as_o they_o ibid._n both_o say_v the_o disjunction_n of_o the_o soul_n from_o the_o body_n which_o two_o by_o god_n be_v couple_v to_o make_v one_o living_n and_o perfect_a man_n death_n be_v a_o disjunction_n of_o the_o soul_n not_o a_o destruction_n note_n it_o be_v a_o separation_n and_o not_o a_o annihilation_n etsi_fw-la morimur_fw-la corpore_fw-la nunquam_fw-la tamen_fw-la spiritu_fw-la for_o though_o as_o martialis_n say_v we_o die_v in_o burdig_n regard_n of_o the_o body_n yet_o we_o never_o die_v as_o touch_v the_o soul_n because_o death_n as_o lactantius_n speak_v 16._o mors_fw-la non_fw-la extinguo_fw-la hominem_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la praemium_fw-la virtutis_fw-la admit_v tit_n do_v not_o make_v a_o man_n to_o be_v just_a nothing_o but_o admit_v he_o to_o the_o reward_n of_o virtue_n if_o he_o have_v be_v virtuous_a or_o else_o deliver_v he_o up_o to_o most_o grievous_a punishment_n if_o he_o have_v be_v vicious_a among_o the_o heathen_a some_o there_o be_v that_o hold_v the_o death_n a_o dissolution_n of_o the_o soul_n as_o democritus_n epicurus_n &_o dicaearchus_n other_o there_o be_v which_o hold_v it_o be_v immortal_a as_o pherecydes_n plato_n &_o many_o more_o the_o stoic_n say_v lactantius_n hold_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n continue_v cyri._fw-la and_o that_o nec_fw-la interuentu_fw-la mortis_fw-la in_o nihilum_fw-la resolui_fw-la they_o be_v not_o bring_v by_o death_n to_o nothnig_n cyrus_n instruct_v his_o son_n a_o little_a before_o his_o death_n say_v that_o he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n never_o persuade_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n die_v when_o it_o leave_v the_o body_n but_o say_v that_o the_o mind_n when_o it_o be_v free_v from_o the_o fellowship_n of_o the_o body_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v then_o most_o wise_a and_o understanding_n and_o that_o when_o a_o man_n be_v dissolve_v every_o thing_n in_o the_o body_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d beside_o the_o soul_n return_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unto_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o same_o kind_n that_o be_v be_v resolve_v into_o the_o element_n out_o of_o which_o they_o be_v take_v and_o therefore_o he_o forbid_v his_o son_n to_o think_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o shall_v be_v nothing_o any_o more_o after_o his_o death_n in_o like_a manner_n hermes_n describe_v the_o nature_n of_o man_n say_v 13._o that_o god_n make_v man_n of_o both_o nature_n to_o wit_n of_o a_o immortal_a nature_n and_o of_o a_o mortal_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d make_v the_o same_o man_n to_o be_v partly_o immortal_a and_o partly_o mortal_a which_o immortality_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o soul_n experience_n show_v the_o body_n to_o be_v mortal_a and_o corruptible_a without_o all_o remedy_n and_o final_o the_o devil_n himself_o as_o he_o give_v testimony_n to_o the_o divinity_n of_o christ_n so_o have_v he_o by_o oracle_n show_v the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n praem_fw-la for_o be_v by_o polites_n consult_v under_o the_o name_n of_o apollo_n milesius_n whether_o the_o soul_n remain_v after_o death_n or_o be_v dissolve_v he_o answer_v that_o the_o soul_n when_o it_o be_v depart_v from_o the_o body_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v always_o free_a from_o the_o weakness_n of_o old-age_n supra_fw-la and_o continue_v altogether_o unvanquished_a to_o these_o testimony_n of_o the_o creature_n we_o may_v for_o better_a satisfaction_n add_v the_o witness_n of_o holy_a scripture_n 24._o which_o be_v the_o very_a oracle_n of_o the_o great_a creator_n solomon_n say_v that_o when_o the_o body_n return_v to_o the_o earth_n the_o spirit_n return_v to_o god_n that_o give_v it_o isaiah_n say_v that_o the_o worm_n of_o the_o transgressor_n shall_v not_o die_v &_o that_o their_o fire_n shall_v not_o be_v quench_v which_o argue_v the_o mortal_a immortality_n or_o immortal_a mortatalitie_n of_o their_o soul_n according_o our_o saviour_n show_v in_o two_o parable_n that_o the_o soul_n of_o wicked_a man_n die_v not_o with_o their_o body_n but_o remain_v in_o torment_n the_o one_o be_v of_o he_o that_o say_v soul_n thou_o have_v much_o good_n lay_v up_o for_o many_o year_n 20._o but_o god_n say_v unto_o he_o thou_o fool_n this_o night_n will_v they_o fetch_v away_o thy_o soul_n from_o thou_o the_o other_o of_o another_o rich_a epicure_n 23._o who_o be_v grievous_o torment_v in_o hell_n
also_o many_o of_o they_o but_o rather_o than_o they_o will_v deny_v their_o lord_n that_o buy_v they_o and_o his_o truth_n commend_v to_o they_o they_o do_v willing_o and_o cheerful_o endure_v those_o punishment_n which_o be_v lay_v upon_o they_o there_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o voluntary_a death_n death_n the_o one_o lawful_a and_o honest_a such_o as_o the_o death_n of_o martyr_n the_o other_o dishonest_a and_o unlawful_a when_o man_n have_v neither_o lawful_a call_n nor_o honest_a end_n as_o of_o peregrinus_n who_o burn_v himself_o in_o a_o pile_n of_o wood_n think_v thereby_o to_o live_v for_o ever_o in_o man_n remembrance_n so_o of_o hasdrubal_n wife_n who_o at_o the_o surprise_v of_o carthage_n rather_o choose_v to_o burn_v out_o her_o eye_n and_o yield_v her_o body_n to_o her_o country_n flame_n then_o to_o behold_v her_o husband_n misery_n 54._o and_o to_o be_v herself_o a_o prey_n unto_o the_o enemy_n final_o of_o abimelech_n who_o make_v his_o page_n thrust_v he_o through_o and_o kill_v he_o lest_o it_o shall_v be_v say_v of_o he_o a_o woman_n slay_v he_o for_o a_o certain_a woman_n have_v break_v his_o brainpan_n with_o a_o stone_n but_o the_o holy_a martyr_n suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v slay_v for_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n the_o honour_n of_o his_o truth_n the_o confirmation_n of_o his_o people_n 35._o &_o the_o remonstration_n of_o their_o gratitude_n and_o fidelity_n and_o that_o they_o may_v obtain_v a_o better_a resurrection_n 4._o four_o it_o may_v be_v ask_v whether_o this_o willing_a &_o alacrious_a death_n of_o the_o martyr_n deserve_v for_o the_o worthiness_n thereof_o to_o be_v reward_v with_o the_o joy_n of_o heaven_n undoubted_o no_o 23._o for_o everlasting_a life_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o gracious_a gift_n of_o god_n through_o jesus_n christ_n and_o not_o give_v for_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o martyr_n which_o yet_o no_o doubt_n be_v very_o precious_a in_o his_o sight_n cord_n et_fw-la si_fw-la millies_fw-la 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thessalonian_n to_o sorrow_n for_o the_o dead_a do_v not_o simple_o forbid_v all_o sorrow_n but_o sorrow_n not_o say_v he_o as_o other_o that_o have_v no_o hope_n for_o if_o we_o believe_v that_o jesus_n be_v dead_a and_o be_v rise_v even_o so_o they_o which_o sleep_n in_o jesus_n will_v god_n bring_v with_o he_o and_o he_o himself_o profess_v that_o god_n have_v mercy_n on_o he_o note_n in_o spare_v epaphroditus_n 27._o lest_o quoth_v he_o i_o shall_v have_v sorrow_n upon_o sorrow_n what_o shall_v i_o heap_v up_o the_o example_n of_o abraham_n mourn_v for_o his_o wife_n sarah_n of_o the_o israelite_n for_o samuel_n of_o the_o maccabee_n for_o judas_n their_o noble_a captain_n of_o david_n for_o jonathan_n of_o the_o widow_n for_o dorcas_n of_o martha_n for_o lazarus_n infinite_a be_v example_n hereof_o note_n but_o this_o our_o mourning_n must_v be_v moderate_a and_o mix_v with_o hope_n for_o they_o be_v not_o amissi_fw-la but_o praemissi_fw-la lost_n but_o send_v before_o us._n and_o 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