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chap._n 41._o 1._o o_o death_n how_o bitter_a be_v the_o remembrance_n of_o thou_o to_o a_o man_n that_o live_v at_o rest_n in_o his_o possession_n unto_o the_o man_n that_o have_v nothing_o to_o vex_v he_o and_o that_o have_v prosperity_n in_o all_o thing_n yea_o unto_o he_o that_o be_v yet_o able_a to_o receive_v meat_n yet_o be_v not_o the_o loss_n of_o life_n of_o sense_n or_o the_o forego_n of_o worldly_a contentment_n the_o only_a cause_n why_o man_n natural_o fear_v death_n for_o though_o it_o deprive_v they_o of_o all_o these_o yet_o do_v not_o the_o death_n of_o man_n consist_v in_o this_o deprivation_n the_o body_n lose_v all_o these_o by_o the_o divorce_n which_o death_n make_v betwixt_o it_o and_o the_o soul_n but_o see_v the_o substance_n of_o the_o soul_n still_o remain_v the_o great_a fear_n which_o can_v possess_v a_o natural_a man_n be_v the_o future_a doubtful_a estate_n of_o the_o soul_n after_o this_o dissolution_n many_o which_o never_o hope_v or_o expect_v any_o 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