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faithful_a see_v it_o be_v a_o end_n of_o sin_n and_o by_o the_o same_o the_o world_n be_v redeem_v hereupon_o he_o conclude_v that_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v fear_v teach_v we_o how_o we_o shall_v meditate_v thereupon_o but_o the_o better_a to_o take_v away_o all_o apprehension_n and_o bitterness_n he_o discourse_v upon_o all_o the_o danger_n that_o in_o this_o world_n environ_v we_o and_o upon_o the_o discommodity_n of_o this_o life_n and_o then_o he_o re-enter_v into_o his_o former_a argument_n show_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o terrible_a in_o death_n but_o the_o opinion_n thereof_o then_o he_o prove_v that_o the_o soul_n do_v not_o perish_v with_o the_o body_n and_o entreat_v of_o the_o great_a contentment_n of_o soul_n after_o this_o present_a life_n as_o also_o of_o the_o happiness_n of_o the_o celestial_a kingdom_n and_o what_o way_n we_o shall_v take_v to_o come_v thereunto_o of_o the_o happiness_n of_o death_n chap._n 1._o in_o what_o sense_n death_n may_v be_v term_v good_a or_o evil_a be_v to_o entreat_v of_o the_o happiness_n of_o death_n we_o must_v first_o conceive_v in_o what_o respect_n it_o may_v be_v call_v good_a or_o evil_a if_o it_o therefore_o hurt_v the_o soul_n it_o appear_v to_o be_v a_o evil_a thing_n and_o on_o the_o contrary_a if_o the_o soul_n be_v endamage_v nothing_o thereby_o it_o can_v just_o be_v blame_v now_o that_o which_o be_v not_o evil_a be_v good_a for_o that_o which_o be_v vicious_a be_v evil_a also_o and_o so_o opposite_o whatsoever_o be_v without_o vice_n may_v be_v repute_v good_a &_o therefore_o good_a be_v contrary_a to_o evil_n and_o evil_a to_o good_a in_o brief_a where_o there_o be_v no_o will_n to_o hurt_v that_o may_v be_v call_v innocence_n and_o he_o we_o term_v culpable_a that_o be_v not_o innocent_a &_o he_o that_o pardon_v merciful_a &_o so_o he_o cruel_a that_o will_v not_o pardon_v nor_o remit_v but_o some_o may_v reply_v that_o there_o be_v no_o thing_n more_o contrary_a than_o life_n and_o death_n if_o life_n they_o be_v repute_v a_o special_a good_a must_v not_o death_n be_v esteem_v as_o great_a a_o evil_a we_o must_v then_o observe_v what_o life_n &_o death_n be_v life_n be_v the_o enjoy_n of_o breath_n and_o death_n the_o privation_n thereof_o many_o think_v that_o it_o be_v a_o great_a happiness_n to_o breathe_v to_o enjoy_v life_n therefore_o be_v a_o good_a unto_o they_o and_o a_o death_n it_o be_v to_o be_v deprive_v thereof_o so_o the_o scripture_n say_v behold_v 15._o eccl._n 15._o i_o have_v set_v before_o thou_o life_n &_o death_n good_a and_o evil_a call_v life_n good_a 2.3_o gen._n 2.3_o and_o death_n evil_a compare_v they_o one_o with_o another_o and_o to_o produce_v yet_o a_o more_o express_a testimony_n hereof_o the_o first_o man_n be_v place_v in_o the_o garden_n of_o eden_n to_o eat_v of_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n &_o of_o other_o fruit_n in_o the_o garden_n with_o a_o precise_a prohibition_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o eat_v the_o fruit_n of_o the_o tree_n of_o knowledge_n of_o good_a and_o evil_a threaten_v he_o that_o he_o shall_v that_o day_n die_v the_o death_n when_o he_o do_v eat_v thereof_o he_o go_v beyond_o his_o commission_n lose_v the_o tree_n of_o life_n &_o be_v drive_v out_o of_o the_o garden_n taste_v of_o death_n wherefore_o it_o follow_v that_o death_n be_v a_o notable_a evil_n see_v it_o be_v the_o reward_n of_o transgression_n and_o condemnation_n chap._n 2._o that_o there_o be_v three_o kind_n of_o death_n but_o there_o be_v three_o kind_n of_o death_n the_o first_o be_v the_o death_n of_o sin_n of_o which_o it_o be_v write_v 18._o ezek._n 18._o the_o soul_n which_o sin_v shall_v die_v the_o second_o be_v death_n mystical_a when_o any_o one_o die_v to_o sin_n and_o life_n to_o god_n of_o which_o the_o apostle_n say_v that_o we_o be_v bury_v with_o jesus_n christ_n 6._o rom._n 6._o in_o his_o death_n by_o baptism_n the_o three_o be_v the_o end_n of_o our_o course_n &_o vocation_n in_o this_o world_n which_o be_v to_o say_v the_o separation_n of_o the_o soul_n from_o the_o body_n we_o see_v therefore_o that_o there_o be_v a_o evil_a death_n that_o be_v when_o we_o die_v in_o sin_n another_o good_a wherein_o whosoever_o die_v he_o be_v deliver_v from_o sin_n and_o the_o three_o betwixt_o both_o for_o honest_a man_n repute_v it_o good_a and_o other_o stand_v in_o fear_n of_o it_o though_o it_o deliver_v all_o man_n yet_o be_v there_o but_o a_o few_o that_o take_v pleasure_n therein_o but_o that_o proceed_v not_o from_o any_o vice_n that_o be_v in_o death_n that_o be_v in_o the_o separation_n of_o the_o soul_n from_o the_o body_n but_o from_o our_o infirmity_n in_o that_o give_v ourselves_o over_o to_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o delight_n of_o
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