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to_o leave_v unto_o the_o son_n or_o the_o son_n to_o inherit_v it_o after_o his_o father_n v._o 15._o as_o he_o come_v forth_o of_o his_o mother_n womb_n naked_a shall_v he_o return_v to_o go_v as_o he_o come_v tho_o he_o can_v secure_v all_o his_o wealth_n from_o perish_v yet_o he_o himself_o must_v leave_v they_o and_o go_v out_o of_o the_o world_n as_o naked_a as_o he_o come_v into_o it_o and_o that_o which_o have_v no_o power_n to_o free_v we_o from_o death_n to_o comfort_v we_o in_o death_n to_o go_v with_o we_o into_o another_o world_n after_o death_n be_v no_o foundation_n of_o happiness_n or_o solid_a tranquillity_n job_n 1.21_o psal._n 49.17_o 1_o tim._n 6.7_o luke_n 12.20_o 21._o to_o go_v i_o to_o die_v chap._n 6.4_o job_n 16.22_o psal._n 39.13_o phil._n 1.23_o return_v viz._n to_o the_o womb_n of_o the_o common_a mother_n the_o earth_n job_n 1.21_o eccles._n 12.7_o and_o shall_v take_v nothing_o of_o his_o labour_n that_o be_v of_o his_o estate_n get_v by_o hard_a labour_n chap._n 2.19_o prov._n 5.10_o deut._n 28.33_o which_o he_o may_v carry_v away_o or_o cause_n to_o go_v along_o with_o he_o in_o his_o hand_n he_o can_v carry_v so_o much_o as_o one_o handful_n of_o all_o that_o he_o have_v with_o he_o v._o 16._o and_o this_o also_o be_v a_o sore_a evil_n as_o before_o vers_n 13._o that_o though_o his_o riches_n haply_o be_v not_o keep_v for_o his_o hurt_n nor_o do_v not_o perish_v in_o his_o time_n yet_o they_o will_v not_o at_o all_o keep_v he_o from_o death_n nor_o profit_v he_o in_o it_o riches_n will_v not_o profit_v in_o the_o day_n of_o wrath_n that_o in_o all_o point_n as_o he_o come_v so_o shall_v he_o go_v his_o death_n and_o his_o birth_n be_v over_o against_o one_o another_o in_o a_o exact_a proportion_n and_o what_o profit_n have_v he_o that_o have_v labour_v for_o the_o wind_n for_o that_o which_o will_v not_o stay_v which_o can_v be_v hold_v fast_o which_o be_v emptiness_n and_o very_a vanity_n so_o word_n of_o wind_n be_v empty_a and_o 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