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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v inter_fw-la beneficia_fw-la a_o favour_n and_o a_o blessing_n to_o be_v ask_v and_o seek_v for_o it_o be_v grant_v to_o josiah_n to_o die_v in_o peace_n so_o to_o hezekiah_n job_n account_v it_o a_o blessing_n to_o die_v in_o his_o nest_n job_n xxix_o 18._o david_n desire_v to_o fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n rather_o than_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o man_n bless_v god_n that_o we_o can_v close_v our_o brethren_n eye_n in_o peace_n that_o they_o be_v gather_v into_o the_o barn_n like_o ripe_a corn_n by_o the_o sickle_n of_o death_n not_o by_o the_o sword_n of_o a_o enemy_n 2._o ut_fw-la honesta_fw-la non_fw-la probrosa_fw-la morte_fw-la take_v thou_o my_o life_n away_o let_v not_o jezabel_n have_v her_o will_n on_o i_o it_o be_v a_o honest_a and_o honourable_a wish_n decorè_fw-la cadere_fw-la as_o saul_n that_o the_o philistine_n mock_v i_o not_o 1_o sam._n xxxi_o 4._o not_o to_o have_v the_o death_n of_o a_o dog_n or_o the_o burial_n of_o a_o ass._n it_o be_v that_o which_o the_o church_n bewail_v psal._n lxxix_o 2._o the_o dead_a body_n of_o thy_o servant_n have_v they_o give_v to_o be_v meat_n unto_o the_o fowl_n of_o the_o heaven_n the_o flesh_n of_o thy_o saint_n unto_o the_o beast_n of_o the_o earth_n those_o two_o witness_n in_o the_o revelation_n who_o spiritual_a jezabel_n slay_v she_o suffer_v their_o dead_a body_n to_o lie_v unbury_v in_o the_o street_n of_o that_o great_a city_n 3._o ut_fw-la non_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la contumeliosa_fw-la morte_fw-la sed_fw-la honorifica_fw-la moriatur_fw-la that_o he_o may_v die_v such_o a_o death_n as_o god_n be_v not_o dishonour_v by_o it_o it_o be_v the_o trial_n of_o baal_n deity_n that_o he_o can_v not_o rescue_v his_o priest_n from_o destruction_n jezabel_n have_v swear_v by_o her_o false_a god_n that_o elijah_n shall_v suffer_v see_v now_o it_o stand_v god_n upon_o in_o point_n of_o honour_n to_o rescue_v elias_n and_o elias_n beg_v such_o a_o death_n as_o may_v not_o 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