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Corporal sickness is a perpetual Monitor to the conscience, every pang a reproof, and every stitch reads a lesson of mortality; ready ever to check for evil, or to invite to good, which duty weighed, a man hath less reason to be over fearful of sickness, ¹then over glad of health. The Spiritual detriment that may ensue on health, is more dangerous then the bodily pain that pursues sickness. If a man fear not death, what power hath sickness to make him miserable? Tolerabilis est morbipraesentia, si contempseris id quod extre•um minatur. Sickness hath little terror in it, if thou shall contemn that which it threateneth, Death. If it teach thee by the sight of the first death instant, to prevent the fury of the second; behold it makes thee blessed. Such good use may the wise Soul make of the bodies enemy. I have read it said, that singulus morbus, paruula mors, every disease is a little death. Therefore God sends us many little deaths, to instruct our preparation for the great death. The oftener a man dies, the better he may know to die well.

Corporall sickenes is a perpetuall Monitor to the conscience, euery pang a reproofe, and euery stitch reades a lesson of mortality; ready euer to checke for euill, or to inuite to good, which duty weighed, a man hath lesse reason to be ouer feareful of sicknesse, ¹then ouer glad of health. The Spirituall detriment that may ensue on health, is more dangerous then the bodily paine that pursues sicknes. If a man feare not death, what power hath sicknes to make him miserable? Tolerabilis est morbipraesentia, si contempseris id quod extre•um minatur. Sicknesse hath little terrour in it, if thou shall contemne that which it threatneth, Death. If it teach thee by the sight of the first death instant, to preuent the fury of the second; behold it makes thee blessed. Such good vse may the wise Soule make of the bodies enemie. I haue read it said, that singulus morbus, paruula mors, euery disease is a little death. Therefore God sends vs many little deathes, to instruct our preparation for the great death. The oftner a man dies, the better hee may know to die well.

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