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miseris_fw-la quam_fw-la suavis_fw-la es_fw-la amarè_v viventibus_fw-la quam_fw-la jucunda_fw-la es_fw-la tristibus_fw-la atque_fw-la lugentibus_fw-la o_o death_n how_o sweet_a be_v thou_o to_o they_o that_o be_v in_o misery_n how_o pleasant_a to_o those_o who_o live_v in_o bitterness_n how_o delectable_a to_o the_o sad_a and_o mournful_a for_o true_o of_o death_n we_o may_v say_v pon_n it_o finem_fw-la omnibus_fw-la malis_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la vita_fw-la that_fw-mi terminum_fw-la malis_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la saeculo_fw-la adimit_fw-la omnem_fw-la calamitatem_fw-la mors_fw-la prebet_fw-la terminum_fw-la hominibus_fw-la in_fw-la tribulationibus_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la mundo_fw-la it_o put_v say_v he_o a_o end_n to_o all_o evil_n in_o this_o life_n a_o period_n to_o all_o misery_n that_o fall_v out_o in_o this_o time_n it_o take_v away_o all_o calamity_n and_o make_v a_o end_n to_o all_o trouble_n which_o befall_v man_n in_o this_o life_n he_o do_v therefore_o hereupon_o conclude_v sed_fw-la heu_fw-la exspectata_fw-la mors_fw-la tardè_fw-la venit_fw-la but_o alace_o say_v he_o long_o look_v for_o and_o much_o desire_a death_n come_v slow_o no_o marvel_v a_o christian_a say_v so_o since_o cicero_n a_o ethnic_n lib._n 1._o tusc._n quaest_n can_v say_v pro_fw-la dii_o immortales_fw-la quam_fw-la illud_fw-la verè_fw-la jucundum_fw-la hominibus_fw-la esse_fw-la debet_fw-la quo_fw-la confecto_fw-la nulla_fw-la reliqua_fw-la cura_fw-la nulla_fw-la solicitudo_fw-la futura_fw-la sit_fw-la that_o be_v o_o you_o immortal_a god_n how_o sweet_a and_o pleasant_a shall_v that_o be_v to_o man_n which_o once_o be_v bring_v to_o pass_v there_o shall_v be_v no_o more_o care_n nor_o anxiety_n the_o next_o happiness_n include_v in_o this_o that_o it_o be_v call_v a_o sleep_n be_v that_o hereby_o we_o be_v fit_v and_o prepare_v for_o heavenly_a happiness_n by_o death_n there_o be_v a_o preparation_n make_v for_o our_o change_n to_o the_o enjoy_n of_o eternal_a felicity_n whence_o it_o be_v call_v by_o bernard_n janua_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la initium_fw-la refrigerii_fw-la sancti_fw-la montis_fw-la scala_fw-la &_o ingressus_fw-la in_o locum_fw-la tabernaculi_fw-la admirabilis_fw-la quod_fw-la fixit_fw-la dominus_fw-la &_o non_fw-la homo_fw-la bern._n serm._n on_o the_o 19_o verse_n of_o the_o 5_o chapter_n of_o job_n the_o door_n of_o life_n the_o beginning_n of_o our_o refresh_n the_o ladder_n whereby_o we_o go_v up_o to_o the_o holy_a mountain_n a_o entry_n unto_o the_o place_n of_o that_o admirable_a tabernacle_n which_o the_o lord_n himself_o make_v and_o not_o man_n what_o sleep_n then_o be_v like_a to_o this_o sleep_n and_o what_o sleep_v more_o to_o be_v desire_v than_o it_o be_v not_o the_o bed_n wherein_o it_o be_v enjoy_v seem_v to_o lessen_v all_o the_o former_a happiness_n for_o it_o be_v say_v by_o the_o angel_n they_o sleep_v in_o the_o dust_n of_o the_o earth_n the_o remembrance_n indeed_o of_o this_o bed_n wherein_o man_n must_v take_v his_o last_o sleep_n 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