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body_n again_o much_o better_a than_o now_o they_o be_v those_o vile_a body_n we_o lie_v down_o in_o death_n shall_v be_v restore_v again_o unto_o we_o glorious_a body_n like_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n now_o glorify_v phil._n 3._o 21._o and_o therefore_o death_n lose_v by_o take_v away_o our_o body_n we_o have_v a_o great_a victory_n over_o death_n the_o graveis_fw-la but_o a_o furnace_n to_o refine_v they_o they_o shall_v come_v out_o again_o immortal_a and_o incorruptible_a chap._n xiiii_o the_o desire_n of_o long_a life_n confute_v 3._o ob._n oh_o but_o if_o i_o may_v live_v long_o i_o will_v desire_v no_o more_o if_o i_o may_v not_o die_v till_o i_o be_v fifty_o or_o threescore_o year_n old_a i_o shall_v be_v content_v to_o die_v then_o sol._n there_o be_v many_o thing_n may_v show_v the_o vanity_n &_o folly_n of_o man_n in_o this_o desire_n of_o long_a life_n for_o 1._o if_o thou_o be_v willing_a to_o long_o die_v at_o any_o time_n why_o not_o now_o death_n will_v be_v the_o same_o to_o thou_o then_o it_o be_v now_o 2._o be_v any_o man_n angry_a &_o grieve_v when_o he_o be_v at_o sea_n in_o a_o tempest_n because_o he_o shall_v be_v so_o quick_o carry_v into_o the_o haven_n be_v he_o displease_v with_o the_o wind_n that_o will_v soon_o set_v he_o safe_a in_o the_o harbour_n if_o thou_o believe_v that_o death_n will_v end_v all_o thy_o misery_n why_o be_v thou_o careful_a to_o defer_v the_o time_n 3._o till_o thy_o debt_n be_v pay_v time_n will_v not_o ease_v thou_o thy_o care_n will_v continue_v and_o therefore_o thou_o be_v as_o good_a pay_n at_o the_o first_o if_o thou_o be_v sure_a it_o must_v be_v pay_v at_o all_o 4._o in_o this_o world_n there_o be_v neither_o young_a nor_o old_a when_o thou_o have_v live_v to_o that_o age_n thou_o desire_v thy_o time_n past_a will_v be_v as_o nothing_o thou_o will_v still_o expect_v that_o which_o be_v to_o come_v thou_o will_v be_v as_o ready_a to_o demand_v long_a respite_n then_o as_o now_o 5._o what_o will_v thou_o tarry_v here_o so_o long_o for_o there_o will_v be_v nothing_o new_a but_o what_o thou_o have_v taste_v and_o often_o drink_v will_v not_o quench_v thy_o thirst_n thou_o have_v a_o incurable_a dropsy_n in_o thy_o heart_n and_o those_o earthly_a thing_n have_v no_o ability_n to_o fill_v thy_o heart_n with_o good_a or_o satisfy_v thou_o 6._o will_v not_o thou_o judge_v he_o a_o sot_n that_o mourn_v because_o he_o be_v not_o alive_a a_o hundred_o year_n ago_o and_o thou_o be_v no_o better_o thou_o mourn_v because_o thou_o can_v not_o live_v a_o hundred_o year_n here_o 7._o thou_o have_v no_o power_n of_o the_o morrow_n to_o make_v it_o happy_a to_o thou_o if_o thou_o die_v young_a thou_o be_v like_o one_o that_o have_v lose_v a_o dye_n with_o which_o he_o may_v as_o well_o have_v lose_v as_o win_v 8._o consider_v the_o proportion_n of_o time_n thou_o desire_v to_o thyself_o reckon_v what_o will_v be_v spend_v in_o sleep_n care_n disgrace_n sickness_n trouble_n weariness_n emptiness_n fear_n and_o unto_o all_o this_o add_v sin_n and_o then_o think_v how_o small_a a_o portion_n be_v leave_v of_o this_o time_n &_o how_o small_a good_a it_o will_v do_v thou_o what_o can_v that_o advantage_n thou_o with_o such_o mixture_n of_o evil_a it_o be_v certain_a to_o live_v long_o be_v but_o to_o be_v long_o trouble_v and_o to_o die_v quick_o be_v quick_o to_o be_v at_o rest_n 9_o last_o if_o there_o be_v nothing_o else_o to_o be_v say_v yet_o this_o may_v suffice_v that_o there_o be_v no_o comparison_n between_o time_n and_o eternity_n what_o be_v that_o space_n of_o time_n to_o eternity_n if_o thou_o love_v life_n why_o do_v thou_o not_o love_v eternal_a life_n as_o be_v say_v before_o chap._n xv._n of_o they_o that_o will_v live_v to_o do_v good_a 4._o ob._n but_o i_o will_v live_v long_o to_o do_v good_a and_o benefit_n other_o and_o to_o do_v god_n service_n &_o to_o benefit_n other_o by_o my_o example_n sol._n 1._o search_v thy_o say_v own_o heart_n it_o may_v be_v this_o pretence_n of_o do_v good_a to_o other_o be_v plead_v only_o because_o thou_o will_v further_a thou_o own_o good_a thou_o will_v not_o seek_v the_o public_a but_o to_o find_v thy_o own_o particular_a 2._o god_n that_o set_v you_o to_o do_v his_o work_n know_v how_o long_o it_o be_v fit_a for_o thou_o to_o be_v at_o the_o same_o he_o know_v how_o to_o make_v use_n of_o the_o labour_n of_o his_o workman_n he_o will_v not_o call_v thou_o from_o thy_o work_n till_o he_o be_v provide_v to_o dispatch_v his_o business_n without_o thou_o 3._o it_o may_v be_v if_o thou_o be_v long_o at_o thy_o work_n thou_o will_v mar_v all_o thy_o last_o work_n will_v not_o be_v so_o good_a as_o thy_o first_o it_o be_v best_a to_o give_v over_o while_o thou_o do_v well_o etc._n etc._n 4._o if_o god_n will_v pay_v thou_o as_o much_o for_o half_a a_o day_n as_o for_o the_o whole_a be_v thou_o not_o so_o much_o the_o more_o to_o praise_v he_o 5._o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o best_a comfort_n of_o our_o life_n here_o be_v in_o a_o religious_a conversation_n but_o thy_o religion_n be_v not_o hinder_v by_o go_v to_o heaven_n but_o perfect_v there_o be_v no_o comparison_n between_o thy_o goodness_n on_o earth_n and_o that_o in_o heaven_n for_o though_o thou_o may_v do_v much_o good_a here_o yet_o it_o be_v certain_a thou_o do_v much_o evil_n here_o too_o 6._o whereas_o thou_o persuade_v thyself_o that_o by_o example_n thou_o may_v mend_v other_o thou_o be_v much_o mistake_v a_o thousand_o man_n may_v soon_o catch_v the_o plague_n in_o a_o infect_a town_n than_o one_o be_v heal_v it_o be_v but_o to_o tempt_v god_n to_o desire_v continuamceâ—_n in_o this_o infectious_a world_n long_o than_o our_o time_n for_o the_o best_a way_n be_v to_o get_v far_o from_o the_o contagion_n if_o diverse_a fresh_a water_n fall_v into_o the_o sea_n what_o do_v that_o to_o take_v away_o the_o saltness_n of_o the_o sea_n no_o more_o can_v two_o or_o three_o lot_n reform_v a_o world_n of_o sodomite_n chap._n xvi_o why_o man_n may_v not_o make_v away_o themselves_o to_o be_v rid_v of_o the_o misery_n of_o life_n 5._o ob._n but_o than_o it_o seem_v by_o this_o that_o it_o be_v a_o man_n best_a course_n to_o cast_v away_o life_n see_v so_o much_o evil_n be_v in_o life_n and_o so_o much_o good_a to_o be_v have_v in_o death_n sol._n 1._o i_o think_v the_o most_o of_o we_o may_v be_v trust_v for_o that_o danger_n for_o though_o the_o soul_n aspire_v to_o the_o good_a to_o come_v yet_o the_o body_n tend_v unto_o the_o earth_n &_o like_o a_o heavy_a clog_n weigh_v man_n downward_o 2._o that_o be_v not_o the_o course_n murder_n we_o must_v cast_v the_o world_n out_o of_o our_o heart_n not_o cast_v ourselves_o out_o of_o the_o world_n it_o be_v both_o unseemly_a and_o extreme_o unlawful_a it_o be_v unseemly_o for_o it_o be_v true_a we_o ought_v willing_o to_o depart_v out_o of_o this_o world_n but_o it_o be_v monstrous_a base_a like_a coward_n to_o run_v away_o out_o of_o the_o battle_n thou_o be_v god_n soldier_n and_o appoint_v to_o thy_o stand_n and_o it_o be_v a_o miserable_a shame_n to_o run_v out_o of_o thy_o place_n when_o christ_n the_o great_a captain_n sound_v a_o retreat_n then_o be_v it_o honourable_a for_o thou_o to_o give_v place_n beside_o thou_o be_v god_n tenant_n and_o do_v hold_v thy_o life_n as_o a_o tenant_n at_o will_n the_o landlord_n may_v take_v it_o from_o thou_o but_o thou_o can_v not_o without_o disgrace_n surrender_v at_o thy_o pleasure_n and_o it_o be_v extreme_a slothfulness_n to_o hate_v life_n only_o for_o the_o toil_n that_o be_v in_o it_o 2._o and_o as_o it_o be_v unseemly_a so_o it_o be_v unlawful_a yea_o damnable_a it_o be_v unlawful_a for_o the_o soldier_n that_o run_v away_o from_o his_o captain_n offend_v high_o so_o do_v the_o christian_n that_o make_v away_o himself_o and_o therefore_o the_o commandment_n be_v not_o only_o thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v other_o man_n but_o general_o thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v meaning_n neither_o thyself_o nor_o other_o man_n beside_o we_o have_v no_o example_n in_o scripture_n of_o any_o that_o do_v so_o but_o such_o as_o be_v notorious_a wicked_a man_n as_o saul_n achitophel_n judas_n and_o the_o like_a yea_o it_o be_v damnable_a for_o he_o that_o leave_v his_o work_n before_o god_n call_v he_o lose_v it_o &_o beside_o incur_v eternal_a death_n as_o the_o soldier_n that_o run_v away_o die_v for_o it_o when_o he_o be_v take_v so_o the_o christian_n that_o murder_v himself_o perish_v i_o say_v that_o murder_v himself_o be_v himself_o chap._n xvii_o why_o we_o shall_v not_o be_v