This Sunday, we are reading the 9th Homily in the first book of homilies, which is entitled: An Exhortation Against the Fear of Death These sermons have been edited to shorten them and to update the language, with the intent of maintaining the content, or at least the core meaning.  The original texts of the homilies can be found in the manuscripts after the edited texts that were preached.  For background on these homilies, see the links below. The 9th homily begins by noting that unsaved men dread death for three reasons:  1) They enjoy their comforts in this life and do not wish to lose them, 2) They lack…