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defunctus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la marmor_fw-la loquetur_fw-la quod_fw-la adhuc_fw-la tacere_fw-la jubet_fw-la virtus_fw-la modesta_n interim_n vitam_fw-la ejus_fw-la observa_fw-la &_o leges_fw-la quod_fw-la posteà _fw-la hîc_fw-la inscriptum_fw-la amabunt_fw-la &_o colent_fw-la posteri_fw-la ora_n &_o abi_fw-la a_o funeral_n sermon_n etc._n etc._n serm._n viii_o 2_o sam._n fourteen_o 14._o for_o we_o must_v needs_o die_v and_o be_v as_o water_v spill_v on_o the_o ground_n which_o can_v be_v gather_v up_o again_o neither_o do_v god_n respect_v any_o person_n yet_o do_v he_o devise_v mean_n that_o his_o banish_a be_v not_o expel_v from_o he_o when_o our_o bless_a saviour_n and_o his_o disciple_n view_v the_o temple_n some_o one_o among_o they_o cry_v out_o magister_fw-la aspice_fw-la quales_fw-la lapides_fw-la master_n behold_v what_o fair_a what_o great_a stone_n be_v here_o christ_n make_v no_o other_o reply_n but_o foretell_v their_o dissolution_n and_o a_o world_n of_o sadness_n and_o sorrow_n which_o shall_v bury_v that_o whole_a nation_n when_o the_o teem_a cloud_n of_o god_n displeasure_n shall_v produce_v a_o storm_n which_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o the_o big_a anger_n and_o the_o mother_n of_o the_o great_a calamity_n which_o ever_o crush_v any_o of_o the_o son_n of_o adam_n the_o time_n shall_v come_v that_o there_o shall_v not_o be_v leave_v one_o stone_n upon_o another_o the_o whole_a temple_n and_o the_o religion_n the_o ceremony_n ordain_v by_o god_n and_o the_o nation_n belove_v by_o god_n and_o the_o fabric_n erect_v for_o the_o service_n of_o god_n shall_v run_v to_o their_o own_o period_n and_o lie_v down_o in_o their_o several_a grave_n whatsoever_o have_v a_o beginning_n can_v also_o have_v a_o end_n and_o it_o shall_v die_v unless_o it_o be_v daily_o water_v with_o the_o purl_n flow_v from_o the_o fountain_n of_o life_n and_o refresh_v with_o the_o dew_n of_o heaven_n and_o the_o well_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o god_n have_v provide_v a_o tree_n in_o paradise_n to_o have_v support_v adam_n in_o his_o artificial_a immortality_n immortality_n be_v not_o in_o his_o nature_n but_o in_o the_o hand_n and_o art_n in_o the_o favour_n and_o superaddition_n of_o god_n man_n be_v always_o the_o same_o mixture_n of_o heat_n and_o cold_a of_o dryness_n and_o moisture_n ever_o the_o same_o weak_a thing_n apt_a to_o feel_v rebellion_n in_o the_o humour_n and_o to_o suffer_v the_o evil_n of_o a_o civil_a war_n in_o his_o body_n