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A thing is not to be feared: first if it is vnevitable; secondly, if it hurteth not; thirdly, if it be profitable. Death hath in it these three things. For it is vnevi∣table; therefore as it is a folly to hope for things impossible, so it is a folly to feare things vnevitable. Againe, death 〈◊〉〈◊〉 not
hurtful because our Saviour Christ hath taken away the curse thereof. Lastly, it is profitable, and that is knowne by the effects which follow.