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man_n testament_n 60._o a_o prayer_n for_o a_o happy_a death_n 61._o and_o for_o the_o sight_n of_o christ_n at_o death_n 62._o confidence_n to_o obtain_v they_o both_o 63._o and_o glory_n thereafter_o 64._o the_o last_o and_o great_a desire_n 65._o and_o last_o a_o eternal_a delight_n of_o the_o godly_a soul_n 66._o revel_v 14._o 13._o bless_a be_v the_o dead_a which_o die_v in_o the_o lord_n for_o they_o rest_v from_o their_o labour_n and_o their_o work_n follow_v they_o a_o resolution_n for_o death_n write_v under_o the_o sentence_n of_o death_n in_o the_o time_n of_o a_o painful_a disease_n decemb._n 1627._o and_o now_o publish_v for_o their_o comfort_n who_o study_n to_o approve_v themselves_o to_o god_n why_o shall_v i_o fear_v death_n when_o it_o approach_v it_o be_v the_o way_n that_o i_o desire_v to_o go_v i_o pass_v nature_n necessity_n in_o adam_n that_o have_v subject_v i_o to_o mortality_n &_o come_v to_o the_o privilege_n of_o grace_n in_o christ_n which_o have_v 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