A brief introduction emphasises how thinking about the bitterness of death pushes the soul towards the love of God, using as starting point the image of a candle: “Hugo in Didasclicon liber. IIII dicit quod candela cineribus applicata et intincta citius et facilus inflammatur. Spiritualiter, per candelam intelligitur mens humana cineri amaritudinis immersa, talis melius inflammatur et accenditur in caritate divina. De quo Gregorius loquitur sic dicens: Se sollicitat in bono opere qui semper cogitat de extremo fine. Nam sicut cineres sunt amari saporis, ratione cuius perturbant guastantem, sic et memoria mortis contristat hominem, de quo thema: O mors quam amara est memoria tua etc.” (fol. g7r) Next, the sermon is based on the distinctio about four types of death and its bitterness (see division). Each type of death is discussed with several biblical quotations. As usual in this sermon collection, there is no real conclusion.