Don't Contemn Death , but take it handsomly, and willingly ; Look upon it as part of the Product of Nature , and one of those things which Providence has been pleas'd to Order. For as Youth, and Age , Growth, and Declension, Down, and Gray Hairs, Prægnancy, and Birth, &c. are all natural Actions, consequences of Time, and Incidents of Life ; so also is Dying and Dissolution, every jot as much according to Common Course as the rest. A wise Man therefore, must neither run Giddily, nor staulk Haughtily into his Grave; He must look upon Death as Natures Business, and wait her Leisure, as he does for the Progress, and Maturity of other Things : ² For as you don't overdrive a Fœtus, but let it take its own time, and come into the World when 'tis ready ; So you should stay in the other Case, till opportunity presents,and Things are Ripe ; and your Soul drops out of the Husk of her own accord. But if you stand in need of a Vulgar Remedy, and want a Cordial to make Dying go down the better, you shall have it. Consider then what sort of World, and what sort of Humours, you will be Rid of! 'Tis true you are not to fall-foul upon Mankind, but to treat them with Kindness and Temper : But still you may remember that you don't live among People just of your own Mind, and Fancy : Indeed if your Humours Hit it, and your Understandings were all set to the same Tune ; Such a Unanimity amongst Mortals , might reasonably Recommend Life, and make us loath to part with it : But you perceive the Matter is quite otherways : And that vast Disturbances are bred by different Opinions : Insomuch that now we ought rather to Petition Death to make hast, for fear we should be Teaz'd out of our Reason , and loose our best Thoughts in a Crow'd.