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of_o philosophy_n lecture_n of_o divinity_n to_o we_o and_o the_o sad_a and_o sorrowful_a circumstance_n of_o a_o sick_a and_o decline_v and_o dangerous_a condition_n do_v minister_v salutary_a counsel_n and_o healthful_a advice_n to_o we_o let_v we_o recollect_v and_o remember_v what_o be_v our_o serious_a secret_a thought_n the_o inward_a working_n of_o our_o heart_n the_o lively_a stir_n of_o our_o conscience_n yea_o our_o open_a confession_n free_a profession_n and_o large_a promise_n and_o protestation_n at_o such_o a_o time_n as_o that_o man_n be_v too_o common_o of_o a_o temper_n much_o like_o that_o of_o naevolus_n in_o martial_a of_o who_o we_o find_v there_o this_o 83._o this_o securo_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la te_fw-la naevole_fw-it pejus_fw-la eodem_fw-la sollicito_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la naevole_n te_fw-la melius_fw-la etc._n etc._n esto_fw-la naevole_n sollicitus_fw-la martial_a l_o 4._o epigr._fw-la 83._o character_n that_o when_o he_o be_v secure_a and_o 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see_v as_o when_o our_o word_n be_v hear_v let_v we_o never_o offer_v when_o we_o recover_v
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be_v get_v by_o it_o when_o thou_o can_v not_o hope_v that_o god_n hereafter_o will_v alter_v his_o law_n change_v his_o covenant_n accept_v and_o save_v thou_o upon_o cheap_a term_n and_o easy_a condition_n than_o now_o he_o be_v please_v to_o propose_v to_o thou_o when_o god_n will_n be_v not_o likely_a to_o alter_v nor_o thy_o own_o will_n more_o likely_a by_o delay_n to_o be_v wrought_v to_o a_o compliance_n with_o the_o divine_a will_n what_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o all_o thy_o tarry_n be_v it_o prudent_a to_o delay_v thy_o duty_n when_o thou_o can_v not_o retard_v thy_o punishment_n when_o though_o thou_o lingere_v and_o delaie_v yet_o 2.3_o yet_o 2_o pet._n 2.3_o thy_o judgement_n now_o of_o a_o long_a time_n linger_v not_o thy_o damnation_n slumber_v not_o yea_o what_o a_o unaccountable_a carriage_n be_v it_o by_o make_v delay_n to_o cast_v thyself_o into_o grand_a inconvenience_n to_o run_v thyself_o into_o such_o unhappy_a circumstance_n that_o thou_o shall_v have_v 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leisure_n in_o all_o thy_o life_n to_o live_v well_o to_o lengthen_v out_o and_o let_v thy_o morrow_n grow_v till_o it_o reach_v the_o year_n of_o 64._o of_o dic_fw-la mihi_fw-la cras_fw-la istud_fw-la postume_n quando_fw-la venit_fw-la jam_fw-la cras_fw-la istud_fw-la habet_fw-la priami_fw-la vel_fw-la nestoris_n annos_fw-la martial_a l._n 5._o epigr._fw-la 58_o vide_fw-la &_o l._n 2._o epigr._fw-la 64._o priamus_n or_o nestor_n and_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a the_o full_a age_n of_o methuselah_n st._n austin_n confess_v and_o condemn_v his_o former_a linger_a dilatory_a temper_n 5._o temper_n non_fw-la erat_fw-la omnino_fw-la quod_fw-la responderem_fw-la veritate_fw-la convictus_fw-la nisi_fw-la taniùm_fw-la verba_fw-la lenta_fw-la &_o somnclenta_fw-la modò_fw-la ecce_fw-la modò_fw-la sine_fw-la paululum_fw-la sed_fw-la modò_fw-la &_o modò_fw-la non_fw-la habebant_fw-la modum_fw-la aug._n confess_v l._n 8._o c_o 5._o i_o be_v clear_o convince_v by_o the_o truth_n say_v he_o and_o have_v nothing_o to_o answer_v but_o only_o lazy_a and_o sleepy_a word_n another_o time_n short_o a_o while_n hence_o let_v i_o alone_o but_o a_o little_a long_o but_o my_o delay_n be_v endless_a and_o infinite_a and_o will_v keep_v and_o observe_v no_o measure_n or_o limit_n i_o pray_v in_o this_o manner_n to_o thou_o say_v he_o timebam_fw-la he_o dam_fw-la mihi_fw-la castitatem_fw-la &_o continentiam_fw-la sed_fw-la noli_fw-la modò_fw-la timebam_fw-la lord_n give_v i_o the_o gift_n of_o chastity_n and_o continence_n but_o i_o say_v in_o my_o heart_n pray_v do_v not_o give_v it_o yet_o to_o i_o for_o i_o be_v afraid_a lest_o thou_o shall_v hear_v i_o too_o quick_o and_o heal_v i_o too_o soon_o etc._n etc._n and_o at_o last_o he_o reason_v himself_o out_o of_o this_o unreasonable_a humour_n in_o this_o manner_n how_o long_o how_o long_o shall_v i_o put_v it_o off_o till_o to_o morrow_n and_o next_o day_n why_o not_o now_o why_o shall_v not_o this_o very_a hour_n put_v a_o end_n to_o my_o lewd_a and_o loose_a life_n what_o unhappy_a folly_n be_v it_o tp_n delay_v the_o time_n of_o thy_o youth_n and_o so_o to_o lose_v the_o 22._o the_o see_v p._n 22._o flower_n of_o thy_o age_n what_o a_o reproach_n and_o disparagement_n to_o thy_o judgement_n and_o understanding_n that_o when_o thou_o be_v come_v to_o year_n of_o maturity_n arrive_v to_o thy_o middle_a age_n thou_o shall_v show_v thyself_o so_o inconsiderate_a and_o indiscreet_a as_o still_o to_o delay_v and_o not_o to_o use_v thy_o reason_n and_o judgement_n aright_o what_o a_o far_o and_o high_a degree_n of_o folly_n be_v it_o to_o defer_v the_o redemption_n of_o thy_o time_n till_o 174._o till_o our_o seek_v all_o summer_n wither_a and_o dry_a and_o beginning_n to_o shoot_v out_o a_o little_a about_o michaelmass_n spring_n of_o which_o kind_n of_o shoot_v fruit_n can_v never_o come_v bp._n andrew_n serm_n pag._n 174._o old_a age_n the_o stoic_a will_v tell_v thou_o fine_a thou_o sera_n parsimonia_fw-la in_o fundo_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la tantùm_fw-la minimum_fw-la in_o tino_fw-la sed_fw-la pessimum_fw-la remanet_fw-la sen._n ep_v 1._o non_fw-la pisdet_fw-la te_fw-la reliquias_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la tibi_fw-la reser_fw-ge vare_fw-la &_o id_fw-la solum_fw-la tempus_fw-la bonae_fw-la menti_fw-la destinare_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o nullaem_fw-la rem_fw-la conferri_fw-la possit_fw-la quam_fw-la serum_fw-la est_fw-la tunc_fw-la utvere_fw-la incipare_fw-la cùn_fw-la desinendum_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la tam_fw-la stulta_fw-la mortalitatis_fw-la oblsvio_fw-la in_fw-la qumquagesimum_fw-la &_o sexagesimum_fw-la annum_fw-la differre_fw-la sana_fw-la consilia_fw-la &_o inde_fw-la velle_fw-la vitam_fw-la inchoare_fw-la quâ—_n panci_fw-la perduxerunt_fw-la id_fw-la de_fw-fr brev_n vit_fw-mi c._n 4._o quidam_fw-la vivere_fw-la tunc_fw-la incipiunt_fw-la cunt_fw-la desinendum_fw-la est_fw-la quidam_fw-la antè_fw-la vivere_fw-la desecerunt_fw-la quà n_fw-la inciperent_fw-la idem_fw-la epist_n 23._o in_o fine_a it_o be_v late_a to_o spare_v when_o thou_o come_v to_o the_o bottom_n for_o it_o be_v not_o only_o the_o least_o but_o the_o very_o worst_a that_o be_v
and_o eminent_o holy_a mr._n joseph_n allein_n that_o when_o but_o a_o schoolboy_n he_o be_v observe_v to_o be_v so_o studious_a that_o he_o be_v know_v as_o much_o by_o this_o periphrasis_n the_o lad_n that_o will_v not_o 17._o not_o bibentibus_fw-la &_o colludentibus_fw-la aliis_fw-la ipse_fw-la sumto_fw-la libro_fw-la iâ—_n sylvulam_fw-la vicinam_fw-la seize_v proripuit_fw-la tantisper_fw-la in_o illa_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la legendum_fw-la considens_fw-la uâ—l_fw-la ad_fw-la meditandum_fw-la deambulans_fw-la donec_fw-la ipsum_fw-la hora_fw-la coenae_fw-la domum_fw-la revocaret_fw-la melch._n adam_n in_o vit_fw-mi musculi_fw-la p._n 369._o bishop_n andrews_n from_o his_o first_o go_v to_o merchant-taylor's_a school_n account_v all_o that_o time_n lose_v that_o he_o spend_v not_o in_o his_o study_n he_o study_v so_o hard_o when_o other_o play_v that_o if_o his_o parent_n and_o master_n have_v not_o force_v he_o to_o play_v with_o they_o also_o all_o the_o play_n have_v be_v mar_v his_o late_a study_v by_o candle_n and_o early_o rise_v at_o four_o in_o the_o morning_n procure_v he_o envy_n among_o his_o equal_n yea_o with_o the_o usher_n also_o because_o he_o call_v they_o up_o too_o soon_o the_o serm_n preach_v at_o the_o fun._n of_o bp._n andrews_n p._n 17._o play_v as_o by_o his_o name_n and_o when_o in_o the_o university_n he_o so_o demean_v and_o carry_v himself_o that_o he_o deserve_v to_o be_v call_v the_o scholar_n who_o by_o his_o good_a will_n will_v do_v nothing_o else_o but_o pray_v and_o study_v yea_o so_o early_o as_o about_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o his_o age_n he_o be_v note_v to_o be_v very_o diligent_a in_o private_a prayer_n and_o so_o fix_v in_o that_o duty_n that_o he_o will_v not_o be_v disturb_v or_o move_v by_o the_o come_n of_o any_o person_n accidental_o into_o the_o place_n of_o his_o retirement_n and_o it_o be_v remarkable_a what_o be_v story_v 35._o story_v mr._n james_n janeway_n token_n for_o child_n p_o 30_o 35._o of_o a_o 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and_o meet_v with_o death_n in_o the_o cup_n or_o pot._n when_o thou_o be_v ready_a to_o take_v thy_o rest_n consider_v that_o god_n this_o night_n may_v require_v thy_o soul_n of_o thou_o and_o before_o morning_n may_v take_v away_o the_o 12._o the_o vine_n essex_n hearse_n p._n 12._o diry_a difference_n between_o sleep_n and_o death_n here_o practise_v according_a to_o seneca_n direction_n 3._o direction_n dic_fw-la tibi_fw-la dormituro_fw-la possum_fw-la non_fw-la expergisci_fw-la dic_fw-la experrecto_fw-la possum_fw-la non_fw-la dormire_fw-la ampliùs_fw-la dic_fw-la exeunti_fw-la possum_fw-la non_fw-la reverti_fw-la dic_fw-la redeunti_fw-la possum_fw-la non_fw-la exire_fw-la sen._n ep_v 49._o cùm_fw-la mane_n fuerit_fw-la putate_v ad_fw-la vesperum_fw-la non_fw-la perventurum_fw-la vespere_fw-la autem_fw-la facto_fw-la mane_n non_fw-la audeas_fw-la tibi_fw-la polliceri_fw-la semper_fw-la ergo_fw-la paratus_fw-la esto_fw-la &_o taliter_fw-la vive_fw-la ut_fw-la nunquam_fw-la te_fw-la imparatum_fw-la mors_fw-la inveniat_fw-la a_o kempis_n l._n 3._o c._n 23._o n_o 3._o say_v to_o thyself_o when_o thou_o go_v to_o sleep_v it_o may_v be_v i_o shall_v never_o wake_v again_o and_o when_o thou_o rise_v it_o may_v be_v i_o shall_v never_o sleep_v again_o say_v to_o thyself_o when_o thou_o go_v out_o it_o may_v be_v i_o shall_v never_o return_v home_o and_o come_v in_o alive_a again_o and_o when_o thou_o come_v in_o at_o any_o time_n say_v to_o thyself_o it_o may_v be_v i_o shall_v never_o go_v out_o of_o door_n again_o consider_v when_o thou_o be_v go_v a_o journey_n that_o thou_o may_v be_v go_v to_o thy_o long_a home_n when_o thou_o be_v ride_v upon_o the_o road_n that_o thou_o may_v be_v post_v unto_o thy_o grave_n that_o the_o horse_n thou_o ride_v on_o may_v be_v the_o pale_a horse_n and_o his_o name_n that_o sit_v upon_o he_o though_o unseen_a may_v be_v death_n conclude_v with_o thyself_o i_o must_v die_v short_o i_o may_v die_v instant_o this_o day_n may_v 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intemperate_o and_o luxurious_o rude_o and_o uncivil_o wild_o and_o