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and_o excess_n let_v we_o remember_v our_o creator_n in_o the_o day_n of_o our_o youth_n before_o old_a age_n and_o death_n entrap_v and_o seize_v on_o we_o let_v the_o end_n of_o our_o action_n and_o affair_n be_v before_o our_o eye_n to_o contain_v we_o in_o our_o obedience_n to_o god_n when_o death_n be_v between_o our_o tooth_n it_o be_v too_o late_o to_o provide_v remedy_n against_o the_o terror_n thereof_o he_o be_v unaduised_a who_o think_v to_o cast_v out_o his_o lade_n when_o his_o ship_n be_v all_o leaky_a &_o take_v in_o water_n on_o all_o side_n it_o be_v no_o time_n to_o make_v provision_n for_o a_o voyage_n when_o man_n be_v put_v forth_o and_o forward_o at_o sea_n he_o deceive_v himself_o who_o seek_v preseruative_n when_o the_o pestilence_n be_v spread_v all_o over_o the_o body_n and_o have_v seize_v the_o heart_n the_o foolish_a virgin_n bethink_v themselves_o unreasonable_o to_o seek_v oil_n for_o their_o lamp_n when_o the_o spouse_n be_v enter_v and_o the_o gate_n shut_v but_o our_o lord_n have_v will_v that_o the_o day_n of_o our_o death_n shall_v be_v unknown_a unto_o we_o so_o much_o the_o more_o to_o dispose_v we_o to_o wait_v for_o it_o follow_v the_o example_n of_o those_o faithful_a servant_n who_o not_o know_v the_o hour_n of_o their_o master_n return_n stand_v upon_o their_o guard_n careful_o watch_v such_o servant_n be_v wise_a but_o the_o slothful_a dissolute_a riotous_a who_o make_v spoil_v and_o havoc_n of_o all_o in_o the_o house_n without_o care_n of_o their_o master_n be_v mischievous_a and_o unlucky_a plato_n write_v in_o his_o first_o book_n of_o his_o commonweal_n that_o when_o any_o one_o be_v come_v to_o this_o point_n to_o think_v that_o he_o ought_v to_o die_v out_o of_o hand_n and_o
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chap._n 22._o that_o those_o which_o kill_v themselves_o make_v a_o hazardous_a proof_n of_o some_o kind_n of_o greatness_n of_o courage_n but_o indeed_o they_o be_v mad_a man_n further_n they_o be_v not_o magnanimous_a see_v that_o be_v unable_a to_o support_v and_o bear_v adversity_n they_o discover_v their_o impotency_n and_o pusillanimity_n not_o their_o fortitude_n and_o valour_n in_o cast_v themselves_o so_o into_o the_o gulf_n and_o jaw_n of_o death_n but_o he_o be_v true_o magnanimous_a who_o choose_v rather_o to_o bear_v the_o burden_n of_o a_o miserable_a life_n then_o rash_o to_o rid_v himself_o and_o fly_v from_o it_o instead_o of_o stand_v and_o abide_v in_o the_o place_n allot_v and_o appoint_v unto_o he_o it_o be_v say_v that_o cleombrotus_n have_v read_v the_o book_n which_o plato_n write_v of_o the_o immortality_n of_o man_n soul_n cast_v himself_o down_o headlong_o from_o a_o high_a wall_n to_o pass_v to_o the_o other_o life_n which_o he_o judge_v to_o be_v better_o 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he_o he_o do_v in_o fit_a time_n deliver_v and_o help_v they_o it_o be_v they_o which_o be_v to_o hold_v out_o to_o the_o end_n in_o a_o full_a assurance_n of_o hope_n not_o to_o quail_v and_o lose_v courage_n but_o to_o follow_v those_o who_o by_o a_o faithful_a and_o humble_a patience_n have_v obtain_v the_o promise_a inheritance_n let_v we_o then_o take_v heed_n and_o beware_v of_o the_o arrogancy_n of_o the_o stoic_n and_o of_o the_o vain_a confidence_n of_o epicure_n who_o never_o think_v on_o death_n but_o think_v they_o be_v in_o league_n and_o friendship_n with_o he_o persuade_v themselves_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v easy_a for_o they_o to_o put_v by_o his_o blow_n and_o to_o pacify_v he_o moreover_o let_v we_o have_v no_o part_n in_o their_o effeminacy_n and_o diffidence_n who_o tremble_v at_o the_o mere_a name_n of_o death_n not_o think_v that_o in_o death_n itself_o there_o be_v not_o so_o great_a evil_n as_o in_o the_o solicitude_n carking_n sorrow_n and_o fear_n wherewith_o 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