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Rh his neck with a fall, this man died eating, and that man playing!

One perished by fire, another by the sword, another by the plague, another was slain by thieves. Thus death is the end of all, and man's life suddenly passeth away like a shadow.

8. Who shall remember thee when thou art dead? and who shall pray for thee?

Do now, even now, my beloved, whatsoever thou art able to do; for thou knowest not when thou shalt die, nor what shall befall thee after death.

Now, whilst thou hast time, heap unto thyself everlasting riches.

Think on nothing but the salvation of thy soul, care for nothing but the things of God.

Make now friends to thyself by honouring the saints of God, and imitating their actions, that when this life faileth, they may receive thee into everlasting habitations.

9. Keep thyself as a stranger and pilgrim upon the earth, who hath nothing to do with the affairs of this world.

Keep thy heart free, and lifted up to God, because here thou hast no abiding city.

Send thither thy daily prayers together with thy tears, that after death thy spirit may be found worthy to pass in happiness to the Lord.Amen.