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Dying and dead mens living words published by Da. Lloyd.
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Lloyd, David, 1635-1692.
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temple_n yet_o when_o he_o fall_v sick_a he_o torment_v his_o body_n with_o exquisite_a penance_n as_o thorn_n thong_n &c_n &c_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d âhat_n he_o may_v repent_v of_o what_o âe_n have_v do_v against_o the_o god_n âhose_v altar_n he_o fill_v when_o ding_o with_o sacrifice_n and_o their_o ear_n with_o petition_n and_o confession_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d laertiââ_n fear_v in_o vain_a then_o wise_a when_o he_o be_v just_o rââdy_a to_o say_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d good_a morrow_n pâutus_n 11._o aristotle_n when_o he_o come_v to_o the_o end_n of_o his_o walk_n and_o life_n however_o he_o be_v for_o the_o eternity_n of_o the_o world_n think_v it_o inconceivable_a that_o thing_n shall_v be_v any_o otherwise_o than_o they_o be_v â_o and_o that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o production_n but_o in_o a_o ordinary_a way_n of_o ouâ_n generation_n measure_v the_o originâ_n of_o the_o world_n by_o the_o present_a statâ_n of_o it_o think_v god_n be_v a_o separateâ_n be_v the_o cause_n oâ_n all_o motion_n 8._o himself_o oneâ_n immovable_a anâ_n therefore_o only_o eternal_a that_o therâ_n be_v a_o providence_n which_o cracaââthorp_n prove_v at_o the_o samâ_n time_n that_o the_o book_n mundo_fw-la be_v his_o 111_o and_o with_o â_o that_o reason_n which_o he_o reduce_v into_o the_o exact_a method_n and_o rule_n of_o any_o man_n he_o can_v not_o pitch_v upon_o a_o great_a comfort_n in_o a_o die_a hour_n than_o that_o of_o ens_fw-la entiumâ_n mei_fw-la miserere_fw-la thou_o be_v of_o being_n have_v mercy_n upon_o i_o yea_o ocellus_n lucanus_n himself_o to_o who_o book_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d aristotle_n be_v so_o much_o behold_v though_o he_o acknowledge_v not_o by_o who_o he_o profit_v say_v that_o though_o he_o can_v not_o see_v how_o the_o world_n have_v a_o beginning_n yet_o can_v not_o he_o die_v without_o fear_n and_o reverence_n of_o one_o by_o who_o all_o thing_n have_v a_o beginning_n 2._o his_o scholar_n theophâa_fw-la stus_fw-la in_o laertius_n proleg_n have_v bewail_v the_o expense_n of_o time_n give_v this_o reason_n for_o it_o viz._n that_o we_o be_v so_o foolish_o senual_a that_o we_o begin_v not_o to_o live_v until_o we_o begin_v to_o die_v cicero_n who_o call_v he_o always_o his_o delight_n in_o his_o tusc._n quest_n l._n 4._o say_v that_o theophrastus_n die_v complain_v of_o nature_n that_o it_o give_v long_a life_n to_o creature_n who_o it_o little_o concern_v to_o be_v long-lived_a and_o so_o short_a a_o life_n to_o man_n who_o be_v so_o much_o concern_v weep_v that_o he_o no_o soon_o see_v this_o by_o much_o study_n and_o experience_n but_o he_o must_v die_v say_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d that_o the_o vanity_n of_o life_n be_v more_o than_o the_o profit_n of_o it_o i_o have_v no_o time_n to_o consider_v what_o i_o doââ_n ââ_z speak_v to_o those_o that_o be_v about_o he_o at_o his_o death_n you_o have_v which_o word_n stick_v so_o close_o to_o hiâ_n scholar_n and_o successor_n stratoâ_n that_o he_o study_v himself_o to_o a_o skeleton_n about_o the_o nature_n oâ_n spirit_n scriptsit_v the_o glory_n ââ_o heaven_n the_o chief_a gooâ_n and_o the_o bless_a life_n which_o because_o he_o can_v not_o comprehend_v he_o desire_v it_o shall_v comprehend_v he_o cic._n in_o lucullus_n plut._n lib._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d euseb._n in_o chron._n and_o to_o his_o successor_n lycon_n who_o say_v on_o his_o death_n bed_n that_o it_o be_v the_o most_o foolish_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n to_o repent_v and_o wish_v for_o 171._o as_o most_o man_n do_v that_o time_n which_o can_v be_v recall_v to_o who_o i_o may_v add_v out_o of_o cael._n rhodiginus_fw-la l._n 29._o c._n 5._o demetrius_n who_o say_v that_o when_o he_o be_v a_o child_n at_o home_n he_o reverence_v his_o parent_n 43._o when_o a_o man_n abroad_o the_o people_n and_o the_o magistrate_n and_o when_o a_o old_a man_n and_o retire_v himself_o which_o advise_v be_v follow_v by_o heraclideâ_n when_o he_o feel_v himself_o sick_a put_v he_o upon_o write_v his_o book_n of_o the_o heaven_n of_o those_o who_o be_v in_o hell_n of_o temperance_n piety_n and_o the_o chief_a good_a 12._o among_o the_o cynic_n 1._o antisthcâeâ_n who_o though_o in_o jest_n âhe_v bid_v the_o man_n who_o be_v discourse_v of_o the_o happy_a ãâã_d of_o then_o in_o another's_o world_n die_v himself_o yet_o afterward_o he_o use_v to_o assert_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d he_o have_v rather_o be_v punishedâ_n with_o madness_n than_o enjoy_v pleasure_n add_v when_o sick_a this_o ââââence_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d 130._o that_o those_o who_o will_v be_v hereafter_o immortal_a must_v be_v here_o godly_a and_o just_a 2._o diogenes_n ground_v all_o his_o cynical_a and_o anâtere_a reâgards_n of_o this_o world_n upâon_n this_o pleasant_a conâtemplation_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n that_o all_o thing_n be_v the_o god_n etc._n anâ_n that_o wiseman_n weâ_n the_o god_n friend_n and_o therefore_o that_o all_o thing_n belong_v to_o wiââ_n and_o good_a man_n who_o he_o though_o the_o image_n of_o the_o go_n to_o a_o maâ_n on_o a_o sick_a âed_v complain_v thâ_n life_n be_v a_o sad_a thing_n he_o answer_v yes_o a_o bad_a one_o be_v so_o because_o it_o be_v but_o a_o tamper_n of_o the_o body_n when_o it_o shall_v be_v the_o exercise_n of_o the_o mind_n which_o he_o inculcate_v so_o much_o to_o his_o auditor_n that_o his_o disciple_n monimus_n counterfeit_v himself_o mad_a that_o he_o may_v be_v at_o liberty_n from_o his_o master_n to_o study_v truth_n and_o virtue_n abhor_v luxury_n and_o drunkenness_n as_o madness_n indeed_o with_o crates_n who_o comfort_v a_o mock_v but_o good_a man_n with_o these_o word_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n those_o that_o make_v themselves_o so_o merry_a with_o thou_o thou_o shall_v see_v one_o day_n sad_o call_v thou_o the_o bless_a man_n for_o thy_o virtue_n and_o themselves_o wretched_a for_o their_o sloth_n thou_o be_v one_o of_o those_o good_a man_n who_o want_v few_o thing_n because_o they_o be_v like_o the_o god_n that_o want_v nothings_o indeed_o religion_n have_v such_o a_o power_n over_o these_o cynic_n that_o one_o of_o they_o by_o name_n menedemus_n as_o laertius_n call_v he_o and_o menippus_n as_o snidâs_n in_o verbo_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d out_o of_o a_o zeal_n against_o the_o looseness_n of_o his_o time_n walk_v up_o and_o down_o in_o the_o habit_n of_o a_o fury_n declare_v himself_o a_o spectator_n of_o man_n exorbitance_n on_o earth_n send_v on_o purpose_n to_o be_v a_o witness_n against_o they_o in_o hell_n 13._o the_o stoic_n among_o who_o zeno_n be_v look_v upon_o as_o the_o chieftain_n âestrot_n come_v after_o a_o world_n of_o reason_v which_o you_o will_v find_v in_o âully_o seneca_n autoninus_n lipsiâs_n plutarch_n de_fw-fr come_v notion_n ad_fw-la stoicos_fw-la de_fw-la placitis_fw-la phil._n epictetus_n hieroâleâ_n and_o subtlety_n which_o you_o may_v observe_v in_o diog._n laertius_n his_o zeno_n l._n 7._o p._n 185._o &_o ed._n rom._n to_o these_o great_a conclusion_n 1._o that_o the_o great_a end_n of_o maâ_n be_v to_o have_v the_o pleasure_n of_o live_v according_a to_o right_a reason_n thâ_n daughter_n of_o jove_n the_o great_a modeârator_n of_o all_o thing_n to_o who_o will_n it_o be_v good_a man_n pleasure_n and_o all_o man_n necessity_n to_o submit_v 2._o that_o virtue_n be_v the_o regulate_v of_o passion_n and_o affection_n by_o reason_n for_o indeed_o i_o think_v the_o stoic_n do_v no_o more_o aim_n at_o the_o destruction_n of_o natural_a affection_n by_o their_o discourse_n of_o apathy_n than_o saint_n paul_n 14._o by_o his_o exhortation_n to_o mortify_v the_o flesh_n with_o the_o affection_n and_o lust_n both_o aim_v at_o the_o reduce_n of_o the_o disorder_n and_o the_o raise_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o our_o faculty_n that_o the_o wisdom_n of_o virtue_n shall_v so_o compose_v and_o consolidate_v the_o mind_n and_o settle_v it_o in_o such_o stability_n and_o resolution_n that_o it_o shall_v not_o at_o all_o be_v bend_v from_o the_o right_n by_o any_o sensitive_a perturbation_n or_o impulâions_n 3._o that_o the_o consequence_n of_o goodness_n be_v calmness_n and_o serenity_n and_o of_o evil_a fear_n bondage_n grief_n 7._o stupidity_n 4._o that_o that_o be_v only_o good_a which_o be_v honest_a desirable_a for_o itself_o satisfactory_a and_o last_v â_o that_o nothing_o base_a be_v true_o pleasant_a 6._o that_o all_o disorder_n of_o the_o soul_n proceed_v from_o misapprehension_n of_o the_o understanding_n and_o continue_v by_o disturb_v and_o cloud_v âââson_n which_o they_o say_v be_v in_o they_o ãâã_d of_o god_n who_o it_o representââ_n they_o say_v so_o as_o he_o be_v wicked_a ãâã_d dare_v displease_v he_o and_o he_o a_o mad_a man_n that_o dare_v doubt_n of_o
discourse_n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n anâ_n apology_n for_o socrates_n p._n 31._o ediââ_n franc._n this_o be_v very_o considâârable_a ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n certain_o say_v he_o death_n muââ_n be_v one_o of_o these_o two_o either_o a_o beinâ_n utter_o insensible_a or_o a_o passage_n into_o some_o other_o place_n if_o thâ_n first_o than_o it_o be_v a_o pleasant_a rest_n like_o a_o undisturbed_a sleep_n but_o die_v soul_n go_v into_o other_o hââbitations_n as_o its_o certain_a they_o wiââ_n than_o i_o shall_v go_v from_o before_o theâ_n judge_n to_o high_a and_o there_o coââverse_a with_o orpheus_n musaeus_n hesiod_n homer_n how_o often_o will_v i_o have_v die_v to_o see_v how_o they_o liure_n how_o pleasant_o shall_v i_o dwell_v with_o palamedes_n and_o ajax_n equal_a in_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o another_o world_n as_o we_o have_v be_v in_o the_o injury_n of_o thisâ_n both_o happy_a in_o that_o we_o shall_v be_v everlasting_o so_o death_n differ_v nothing_o from_o life_n and_o he_o may_v be_v sure_a to_o live_v well_o that_o live_v just_o approve_v himself_o not_o to_o giddy_a man_n but_o to_o that_o one_o wise_a god_n who_o be_v truth_n his_o choice_a word_n be_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d conclude_v his_o life_n with_o these_o expression_n after_o he_o have_v be_v accuse_v for_o be_v one_o who_o do_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d too_o curious_o inquire_v into_o the_o state_n of_o thing_n above_o the_o heaven_n &_o âelow_n the_o earth_n 28._o and_o for_o bear_v to_o the_o truth_n of_o one_o god_n for_o which_o justin_n martyr_n and_o otherâ_n think_v he_o â_o christian_n before_o christ_n and_o â_o a_o partaker_n of_o our_o faith_n because_o he_o act_v according_a to_o his_o own_o reason_n it_o be_v time_n for_o i_o to_o go_v and_o die_v and_o you_o to_o live_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d which_o be_v best_a 31._o be_v know_v to_o god_n 2._o xenophon_n who_o in_o his_o life_n time_n do_v nothing_o without_o socrates_n advice_n be_v at_o his_o death_n of_o his_o opinion_n for_o after_o several_a year_n spend_v in_o cyrus_n his_o court_n and_o camp_n and_o reflect_v on_o the_o manly_a pleasure_n as_o hunt_v ride_v etc._n etc._n which_o he_o practise_v as_o well_o as_o write_v of_o he_o leave_v thisâ_n memento_n among_o his_o friend_n that_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o delight_n he_o have_v this_o grief_n 564._o that_o he_o doubt_v theââ_n be_v no_o place_n for_o these_o diveâtisements_n in_o the_o upper_a world_n and_o that_o wise_a soul_n shall_v gin_n betimes_o those_o exercise_n which_o shall_v last_v ever_o 35._o exercise_n pure_a and_o eternal_a as_o spirit_n word_n to_o be_v as_o much_o esteem_v by_o we_o as_o his_o cyropaedia_fw-la be_v by_o scipio_n affricanus_fw-la the_o grace_n as_o appear_v by_o these_o sentence_n dwell_v in_o his_o mouth_n as_o they_o say_v the_o muse_n do_v 3._o eschines_n a_o fluent_a and_o stately_a orator_n quint._n inst._n 10._o c._n 1._o be_v question_v for_o disperse_v socrates_n his_o book_n 1463._o make_v socrates_n his_o answer_n that_o he_o be_v not_o afraid_a to_o die_v for_o scatter_a instruction_n among_o man_n to_o teach_v they_o to_o live_v be_v ashamed_a of_o nothing_o more_o than_o that_o he_o advise_v socrates_n to_o fly_v when_o no_o man_n shall_v be_v afraid_a to_o die_v but_o he_o that_o may_v be_v ashamed_a to_o live_v add_v that_o life_n be_v a_o thing_n which_o none_o almost_o understand_v but_o those_o that_o be_v ready_a âo_o leave_v it_o 4._o thales_n the_o first_o of_o the_o seven_o wise_a man_n before_o who_o none_o teach_v âhe_n motion_n of_o the_o heaven_n so_o clear_o say_v eudemus_n and_o none_o prove_v the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n so_o evident_o c._n say_v chaerilus_n though_o he_o show_v by_o his_o foresight_n of_o a_o dear_a year_n and_o the_o provision_n he_o bring_v in_o against_o it_o that_o a_o philosopher_n may_v be_v rich_a yet_o he_o convince_v man_n by_o his_o foresight_n of_o another_o world_n that_o they_o need_v not_o blessing_n god_n that_o he_o be_v a_o know_a grecian_a not_o a_o ignorant_a barbarian_a and_o a_o rational_a man_n not_o a_o beast_n he_o profess_v at_o his_o death_n that_o he_o have_v study_v all_o his_o life_n for_o the_o ancient_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n and_o he_o find_v it_o be_v god_n what_o be_v the_o most_o last_a thing_n about_o he_o and_o it_o be_v his_o soul_n what_o waâ_n best_o and_o he_o find_v it_o be_v thaâ_n which_o be_v eternal_a what_o be_v hard_a and_o he_o find_v it_o be_v to_o know_v himself_o what_o be_v wise_a he_o find_v it_o be_v time_n and_o as_o the_o epitaph_n say_v of_o he_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n the_o star_n which_o for_o age_n he_o can_v not_o see_v on_o the_o earth_n he_o be_v take_v up_o near_a to_o see_v they_o in_o heaven_n 5._o solon_n have_v do_v the_o great_a service_n to_o and_o receive_v the_o great_a injury_n from_o his_o native_a country_n apoth_o say_v that_o man_n have_v the_o hard_a measure_n of_o any_o creature_n if_o he_o live_v but_o threescore_o &_o admonish_v croesus_n swim_v in_o the_o great_a affluence_n of_o enjoyment_n and_o pleasure_n imaginable_a that_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v happy_a âill_v he_o cease_v to_o be_v who_o esteem_v âis_n word_n as_o little_a as_o he_o understand_v they_o till_o deprive_v of_o all_o âhings_n but_o his_o reason_n and_o consideration_n he_o cry_v o_o solon_n solon_n thou_o âârt_v in_o the_o right_n 6._o chilon_n trust_v in_o the_o sixty_o five_o olympiad_n with_o the_o extraordinary_a power_n of_o ephorus_n or_o lord_n high_a constable_n in_o sparta_n and_o so_o jovial_a a_o man_n that_o i_o think_v he_o die_v with_o excessive_a joy_n be_v ask_v what_o the_o difference_n be_v between_o the_o learned_a and_o the_o unlearned_a at_o last_o answer_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d good_a hope_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n he_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o a_o foresight_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v be_v all_o a_o man_n virtue_n for_o the_o present_a and_o that_o a_o honest_a loss_n be_v to_o be_v prefer_v before_o a_o dishonest_a gain_n for_o this_o reason_n because_o the_o sadness_n that_o follow_v the_o first_o be_v but_o for_o once_o but_o that_o which_o follow_v the_o other_o perpetual_a to_o which_o i_o may_v add_v pittacus_n his_o sentence_n much_o use_v by_o he_o who_o be_v demand_v what_o be_v the_o best_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n reply_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d â_o to_o perform_v well_o a_o manâ_n present_a duty_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d know_v thy_o opportunity_n be_v his_o apoththegm_n 7._o bias_n who_o go_v with_o some_o wicked_a man_n that_o pray_v in_o a_o storm_n entreat_v they_o to_o be_v silent_a lest_o the_o god_n shall_v hear_v they_o and_o be_v ask_v by_o one_o of_o they_o what_o that_o piety_n he_o talk_v of_o mean_v he_o hold_v his_o peace_n say_v it_o be_v to_o no_o purpose_n to_o speak_v to_o a_o man_n of_o those_o thing_n that_o he_o never_o purpose_v to_o practice_v bequeath_v this_o instruction_n to_o those_o thaâ_n survive_v he_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d that_o we_o shall_v measure_v life_n so_o as_o âf_o we_o be_v to_o live_v a_o very_a little_a ând_v a_o very_a great_a while_n from_o which_o principle_n his_o friend_n clebuââs_v on_o his_o death_n bed_v infer_v this_o conclusion_n prince_n that_o those_o ââen_o only_o live_v to_o any_o purpose_n who_o do_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n overcome_v pleasure_n make_v virtue_n ââmilâar_v and_o vice_n a_o stranger_n the_o great_a rule_n of_o life_n be_v as_o heâ_n say_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d and_o the_o great_a work_n of_o it_o mediâation_n according_a to_o that_o of_o hiâ_n contemporary_a pâriander_n who_o hate_a pleasure_n which_o be_v not_o immortal_a ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d meditation_n be_v all_o â_o 8._o anacharsis_n the_o âeâthian_n to_o deâer_v young_a man_n from_o taste_a pleasure_n by_o the_o ill_a effect_n of_o they_o he_o feel_v when_o old_a 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