Luther on dying as passing from the womb into the world (Bayer, Living By Faith, 33–34; AE 42:99–100).
Pagan views of death as good or natural:
Cicero, Tusc. Disp. bk. 1, esp. 112: prior enim pars orationis tuae faciebat, ut mori cuperem, posterior, ut modo non nollem, modo non laborarem; omni autem oratione illud certe perfectum est, ut mortem non ducerem in malis.