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i_o be_o desire_v to_o show_v and_o i_o shall_v endeavour_v it_o in_o the_o best_a way_n unto_o the_o best_a end_n to_o wit_n the_o promote_a of_o early_a piety_n i_o have_v fair_a and_o full_a occasion_n give_v i_o if_o i_o can_v take_v it_o from_o the_o text_n which_o i_o therefore_o commend_v to_o your_o observation_n eccles_n 12.1_o remember_v now_o thy_o creator_n in_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o youth_n or_o as_o some_o read_v it_o remember_v now_o thy_o creator_n in_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o choice_n the_o word_n be_v a_o stricture_n of_o a_o excellent_a sermon_n it_o be_v preach_v as_o i_o be_v to_o be_v unto_o childhood_n and_o youth_n it_o begin_v at_o the_o nine_o verse_n of_o the_o former_a chapter_n and_o end_n at_o the_o eight_o verse_n of_o this_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n preach_v it_o by_o the_o wise_a of_o man_n and_o not_o the_o least_o of_o king_n and_o have_v thereby_o teach_v a_o pair_n of_o truth_n that_o i_o must_v wish_v better_o learn_v i._o the_o god_n of_o 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a_o most_o emphatic_a irony_n or_o derision_n press_v with_o a_o threat_n of_o god_n damnatorie_a judgement_n and_o shut_v up_o with_o a_o cool_a consideration_n of_o both_o the_o feathery_a lightness_n and_o the_o wing_a transitoriness_n of_o youthful_a enjoyment_n eccles_n 11.9_o 10._o 2._o a_o exhortation_n unto_o the_o choice_n and_o prosecution_n of_o save_a religion_n this_o be_v in_o my_o text_n wherein_o it_o be_v guard_v with_o a_o admirable_a prolepsis_n preventive_a of_o all_o shift_n and_o procrastination_n and_o in_o the_o next_o word_n and_o verse_n be_v reinforce_v with_o numerous_a argument_n argument_n as_o many_o as_o old_a age_n have_v malady_n and_o as_o unprepared_a death_n have_v terror_n and_o these_o all_o clothe_v with_o language_n hardly_o to_o be_v match_v in_o all_o the_o sacred_a write_n but_o i_o must_v confine_v i_o to_o my_o text_n wherein_o be_v obvious_a 1._o the_o duty_n command_v to_o be_v do_v 2._o the_o party_n command_v to_o do_v it_o 3._o the_o 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