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man_n i_o come_v now_o to_o set_v down_o some_o principal_a use_n of_o that_o â—_o which_o have_v be_v say_v before_o first_o see_v death_n destroy_v not_o the_o soul_n though_o it_o dissolve_v the_o body_n soul_n we_o see_v that_o the_o soul_n be_v of_o a_o more_o noble_a nature_n than_o the_o body_n and_o therefore_o more_o to_o be_v esteem_v and_o with_o great_a care_n and_o love_n to_o be_v keep_v and_o tend_v as_o god_n excel_v all_o soul_n or_o as_o the_o lady_n excel_v her_o handmaid_n simile_n so_o the_o soul_n excel_v all_o body_n note_n what_o will_v a_o man_n have_v evil_a surely_n nothing_o not_o his_o wife_n not_o his_o son_n not_o his_o servant_n body_n not_o his_o horse_n not_o his_o ground_n not_o his_o fruit_n no_o not_o his_o coat_n and_o will_v thou_o have_v a_o evil_a soul_n for_o shame_n take_v care_n of_o it_o that_o it_o be_v not_o evil_a evil_a it_o be_v or_o good_a for_o omnis_fw-la anima_fw-la aut_fw-la christisponsa_fw-la aut_fw-la diaboli_fw-la 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shall_v sin_n be_v count_v sin_n by_o which_o death_n find_v entrance_n into_o the_o world_n and_o without_o which_o no_o man_n have_v ever_o die_v disease_n death_n crabtree_n and_o damnation_n come_v by_o sin_n disease_n hinder_v health_n death_n end_v life_n and_o damnation_n deprive_v man_n of_o the_o joy_n of_o salvation_n will_v any_o wise_a man_n than_o delight_v in_o sin_n a_o thing_n so_o odious_a hurtful_a and_o unhappy_a solomon_n be_v direct_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n call_v he_o a_o fool_n that_o make_v a_o mock_n of_o sinew_n 23._o and_o as_o a_o pastime_n to_o do_v wicked_o do_v any_o man_n love_v the_o plague_n the_o gout_n the_o palsy_n the_o stone_n the_o cramp_n the_o canker_n or_o the_o dropsy_n i_o suppose_v no_o man_n all_o these_o disease_n be_v the_o consequent_n of_o sin_n the_o world_n have_v not_o know_v they_o have_v she_o not_o be_v acquaint_v with_o sin_n and_o certain_o these_o disease_n be_v not_o more_o hurtful_a to_o the_o body_n than_o sin_n be_v to_o the_o true_a health_n and_o life_n of_o the_o soul_n sin_n be_v a_o tiger_n a_o bear_n a_o lion_n a_o asp_n a_o viper_n a_o destroyer_n both_o of_o body_n and_o of_o soul_n four_o suppress_v the_o inevitable_a necessity_n of_o death_n which_o lie_v upon_o all_o the_o world_n condemn_v the_o immoderate_a fear_n of_o death_n in_o many_o man_n there_o be_v no_o man_n so_o ignorant_a but_o know_v he_o must_v die_v yet_o when_o death_n be_v threaten_v what_o fear_n be_v there_o what_o faint_v what_o tergiversation_n what_o impatience_n be_v there_o to_o be_v see_v in_o many_o epist_n quid_fw-la fles_fw-la miser_n quid_fw-la trepidas_fw-la eye_n wretch_n why_o do_v thou_o weep_v why_o do_v thou_o tremble_v this_o yoke_n be_v lay_v upon_o every_o neck_n thou_o go_v the_o way_n that_o all_o mê_n go_v to_o this_o be_v thou_o bear_v this_o have_v befall_v thy_o father_n thy_o mother_n thy_o ancestor_n to_o all_o man_n before_o thou_o and_o to_o all_o that_o succeed_v thou_o will_v thou_o not_o think_v to_o come_v thither_o at_o last_o whither_o thou_o have_v be_v a_o go_v always_o 24._o nullum_fw-la sine_fw-la exitu_fw-la iter_fw-la est_fw-la there_o be_v no_o journey_n without_o a_o end_n we_o make_v our_o life_n unquiet_a with_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n and_o such_o be_v the_o madness_n of_o man_n that_o some_o by_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n be_v bring_v unto_o death_n we_o ought_v to_o fortify_v ourselves_o that_o we_o love_v not_o our_o life_n too_o well_o and_o that_o we_o hate_v not_o death_n too_o much_o and_o when_o reason_n advise_v we_o to_o die_v and_o not_o to_o fear_v vir_fw-la fortis_fw-la &_o strenuus_fw-la non_fw-la fugere_fw-la debet_fw-la de_fw-la vita_fw-la sed_fw-la exire_fw-la a_o man_n of_o courage_n and_o spirit_n shall_v not_o fly_v out_o of_o life_n but_o go_v out_o 78._o to_o die_v be_v not_o glorious_a but_o to_o die_v courageous_o be_v glorious_a final_o 5._o see_v all_o man_n must_v die_v and_o see_v christ_n will_v find_v they_o at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n as_o the_o day_n of_o their_o death_n do_v leave_v they_o it_o behoove_v all_o man_n to_o prepare_v themselves_o for_o death_n that_o it_o may_v not_o hurt_v they_o but_o rather_o help_v they_o to_o this_o end_n these_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v consider_v 1._o and_o perform_v first_o he_o that_o will_v have_v comfort_n in_o his_o death_n must_v believe_v in_o god_n the_o author_n of_o life_n in_o jesus_n christ_n who_o save_v we_o from_o the_o power_n and_o evil_n of_o death_n 24._o very_o very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o say_v christ_n he_o that_o hear_v my_o word_n and_o believe_v he_o that_o send_v i_o have_v everlasting_a life_n and_o shall_v not_o come_v into_o condemnation_n but_o have_v pass_v from_o death_n to_o life_n and_o to_o martha_n speak_v of_o himself_o he_o say_v 26._o i_o be_o the_o resurrection_n and_o the_o life_n he_o that_o believe_v in_o i_o though_o he_o be_v dead_a yet_o shall_v he_o live_v and_o whosoever_o line_v and_o believe_v in_o i_o shall_v never_o die_v mean_v the_o death_n of_o the_o damn_a now_o christ_n who_o thus_o speak_v to_o we_o be_v omnipotent_a and_o true_a verbum_fw-la eius_fw-la ab_fw-la intention_n non_fw-la dissentit_fw-la quia_fw-la veritas_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la factum_fw-la a_o verbo_fw-la quia_fw-la virtus_fw-la est_fw-la he_o be_v truth_n and_o therefore_o he_o speak_v as_o he_o mean_v and_o he_o be_v may_v itself_o therefore_o he_o do_v as_o he_o speak_v but_o he_o do_v profess_v and_o promise_v that_o those_o that_o believe_v in_o he_o shall_v not_o perish_v by_o death_n but_o live_v for_o ever_o therefore_o we_o may_v be_v bold_a upon_o his_o word_n and_o shall_v stir_v up_o ourselves_o to_o believe_v note_n and_o let_v no_o man_n deceive_v himself_o for_o he_o only_o do_v aright_o believe_v in_o christ_n fantastical_a who_o believe_v he_o in_o his_o word_n and_o sacrament_n and_o in_o his_o minister_n speak_v according_a to_o his_o word_n in_o vain_a it_o be_v for_o man_n to_o say_v or_o think_v they_o believe_v in_o christ_n who_o believe_v not_o his_o law_n who_o regard_v not_o his_o sacrament_n who_o believe_v not_o his_o servant_n declare_v to_o they_o their_o master_n mind_n this_o faith_n be_v not_o faith_n but_o fancy_n second_o 2._o he_o that_o will_v die_v the_o death_n of_o the_o godly_a must_v repent_v of_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o wicked_a for_o without_o repentance_n it_o be_v unpossible_a to_o escape_v the_o damnation_n of_o unrepentant_a sinner_n 31._o return_v say_v god_n and_o iniquity_n shall_v not_o be_v your_o destruction_n cast_v away_o all_o your_o transgression_n for_o why_o will_v you_o die_v qui_fw-la per_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la peccata_fw-la diluit_fw-la angelica_fw-la foelicitatis_fw-la consorsin_fw-la aeternum_fw-la
unius_fw-la diei_fw-la a_o culpâ_fw-la sit_fw-la primae_fw-la praenaricationis_fw-la alienus_fw-la indeed_o a_o infant_n of_o a_o day_n old_a be_v not_o free_a from_o the_o fault_n of_o the_o first_o transgression_n but_o it_o may_v be_v ask_v quest_n how_o infant_n can_v become_v guilty_a of_o that_o they_o do_v not_o give_v consent_n to_o i_o answer_v the_o fall_n of_o adam_n and_o eve_n be_v the_o fall_n of_o all_o their_o child_n beget_v after_o the_o common_a order_n ans_fw-fr even_o as_o the_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n be_v become_v the_o righteousness_n and_o salvation_n of_o all_o his_o child_n sinne._n because_o as_o christ_n so_o adam_n be_v no_o private_a person_n but_o represent_v all_o mankind_n which_o be_v now_o within_o his_o loin_n 10._o because_o say_v anselm_n the_o whole_a nature_n of_o man_n be_v in_o protoplastis_fw-la in_o our_o first_o form_v parent_n and_o nothing_o thereof_o be_v out_o of_o they_o the_o whole_a nature_n be_v weaken_v and_o corrupt_v as_o therefore_o if_o it_o have_v not_o sin_v it_o shall_v have_v be_v propagate_v such_o as_o it_o be_v of_o god_n create_v it_o a_o post_n peccatum_fw-la qualem_fw-la se_fw-la fecit_fw-la peccando_fw-la propagatur_fw-la so_o since_o it_o have_v sin_v it_o be_v propagate_v such_o as_o it_o have_v make_v itself_o by_o sin_v fuit_fw-la adam_n &_o in_o illo_fw-la fuimus_fw-la omnes_fw-la perijt_fw-la adam_n &_o in_o illo_fw-la perijmus_fw-la omnes_fw-la adam_n be_v say_v saint_n ambrose_n upon_o the_o gospel_n of_o saint_n luke_n and_o in_o he_o we_o all_o be_v adam_n perish_v and_o in_o he_o we_o perish_v all_o in_o he_o because_o we_o be_v all_o in_o he_o because_o we_o be_v all_o of_o he_o and_o he_o as_o our_o head_n and_o representer_n receive_v and_o lose_v for_o we_o all_o but_o it_o will_v be_v object_v that_o infant_n baptize_v have_v no_o sin_n quest_n it_o be_v take_v away_o in_o baptism_n how_o hap_n it_o then_o that_o infant_n baptize_v die_v and_o how_o be_v it_o that_o the_o best_a believer_n die_v 5._o see_v that_o their_o sin_n be_v wash_v away_o in_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n i_o answer_v ans_fw-fr with_o the_o augustane_n confession_n out_o of_o saint_n austen_n sin_n be_v remit_v in_o baptism_n non_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la imputetur_fw-la not_o so_o that_o it_o shall_v no_o long_o be_v but_o that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v impute_v it_o be_v destroy_v say_v anselm_n not_o as_o if_o it_o be_v make_v nothing_o rom._n sed_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la cogamur_fw-la ei_fw-la seruire_fw-la but_o that_o we_o may_v not_o be_v compel_v to_o serve_v it_o but_o to_o give_v a_o full_a answer_n the_o reason_n why_o the_o lord_n inflict_v death_n on_o they_o note_n that_o be_v baptize_v and_o do_v believe_v be_v not_o as_o if_o their_o sin_n be_v unforgve_v for_o they_o be_v for_o christ_n forgive_v full_o neither_o yet_o be_v it_o to_o be_v suppose_v that_o they_o shall_v have_v die_v though_o they_o have_v not_o sin_v for_o death_n be_v not_o the_o condition_n of_o nature_n but_o the_o daughter_n and_o desert_n of_o sin_n neither_o yet_o do_v god_n take_v away_o their_o life_n as_o intend_v thereby_o to_o punish_v they_o for_o if_o sin_n be_v forgive_v they_o as_o it_o be_v indeed_o then_o also_o all_o the_o punishment_n due_a to_o sin_n which_o follow_v sin_n as_o the_o shadow_n do_v the_o body_n god_n therefore_o inflict_v death_n upon_o his_o elect_n note_n not_o as_o a_o judge_n offend_v with_o they_o for_o he_o love_v they_o most_o dear_o 15._o and_o their_o death_n be_v precious_a in_o his_o sight_n but_o as_o a_o father_n a_o friend_n or_o gracious_a king_n who_o by_o death_n do_v humble_a try_v amend_v and_o deliver_v they_o from_o worldly_a misery_n sinful_a disease_n and_o earthly_a discontentment_n and_o bring_v their_o soul_n into_o heavenly_a canaan_n to_o the_o fellowship_n of_o christ_n and_o those_o bless_a spirit_n of_o man_n and_o angel_n that_o tend_v upon_o he_o in_o the_o heaven_n to_o return_v therefore_o to_o the_o point_n a_o fresh_a die_v every_o child_n of_o adam_n be_v subject_a unto_o death_n 27._o it_o be_v appoint_v unto_o man_n that_o they_o shall_v once_o die_v say_v paul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d death_n be_v a_o debt_n that_o all_o man_n owe._n 2._o i_o go_v the_o way_n of_o all_o the_o earth_n say_v david_n that_o be_v i_o draw_v near_o to_o death_n which_o be_v the_o common_a course_n of_o all_o man_n live_v upon_o she_o earth_n liviam_fw-la moriendum_fw-la est_fw-la omnibus_fw-la all_o man_n must_v die_v say_v tully_n tendimus_fw-la huc_fw-la omnes_fw-la meet_v be_o properamus_fw-la ad_fw-la unam_fw-la omnia_fw-la sub_fw-la leges_fw-la mors_fw-la vocat_fw-la atra_fw-la svas_fw-la to_o death_n say_v ovid_n we_o do_v all_o of_o we_o go_v it_o be_v the_o mark_n we_o have_v to_o she_o cause_v all_o to_o be_v in_o thrall_n her_o law_n unto_o 3._o omnes_fw-la una_fw-la manet_fw-la nox_fw-la &_o calcanda_fw-la semel_fw-la via_fw-la lethi_fw-la 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