Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

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Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46995	An exact collection of the works of Doctor Jackson ... such as were not published before : Christ exercising his everlasting priesthood ... or, a treatise of that knowledge of Christ which consists in the true estimate or experimental valuation of his death, resurrection, and exercise of his everlasting sacerdotal function ... : this estimate cannot rightly be made without a right understanding of the primeval state of Adam ...; Works. Selections. 1654	Jackson, Thomas, 1579-1640.; Oley, Barnabas, 1602-1686.	1654 (1654)	Wing J89; ESTC R33614	442,514	358

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libidini_fw-la seruit_fw-la alius_fw-la avaritiae_fw-la ambitioni_fw-la alius_fw-la dabo_fw-la consularem_fw-la aniculae_fw-la servientem_fw-la divitem_fw-la ancillulae_fw-la nobiles_fw-la juvenes_fw-la mancipia_fw-la mimorum_fw-la superbos_fw-la osculantes_fw-la manus_fw-la servorum_fw-la alienorum_fw-la s●ltus_n equum_fw-la empturus_fw-la stratum_fw-la tantùm_fw-la &_o fraenos_fw-la stultissimus_fw-la qut_fw-la hominem_fw-la ex_fw-la conditione_n quae_fw-la vestis_fw-la est_fw-la aestimat_fw-la the_o spartan_a youth_n use_v this_o freedom_n preposlerous_o when_o stomach_n the_o disingenuity_n of_o his_o master_n command_n to_o give_v he_o a_o urinal_n he_o go_v up_o to_o the_o garre●_n and_o throw_v himself_o headlong_o diogenes_n 6._o diogenes_n laert._n lib._n 6._o assert_v this_o liberty_n even_o while_o he_o be_v a_o prisoner_n to_o the_o pirate_n scirpalus_fw-la and_o in_o crete_n upon_o sale_n to_o xeniades_n the_o fine_a corimhia●_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o he_o desire_v to_o be_v sell_v unto_o saying_n for_o so_o he_o guess_v see_v he_o pass_v by_o in_o such_o a_o dress_n or_o garb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o man_n need_v a_o master_n as_o before_o he_o have_v bid_v the_o praeco_n cry_v who_o will_v buy_v a_o master_n say_n that_o he_o know_v how_o to_o rule_v man_n and_o so_o it_o seem_v he_o do_v for_o xeniades_n that_o buy_v he_o make_v he_o tutor_n to_o his_o son_n and_o ruler_n of_o all_o his_o house_n and_o joy_v strange_o in_o the_o bargain●saying_n '_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o some_o good_a genius_n or_o angel_n be_v come_v into_o his_o house_n and_o when_o diogenes_n friend_n will_v have_v redeem_v he_o he_o say_v they_o be_v fond-man_n lion_n be_v not_o servant_n to_o their_o keeper_n keeper_n be_v servant_n to_o the_o lion_n and_o that_o sèrvant_n obey_v men-master_n but_o ill_a master_n be_v worse_a servant_n to_o lust_n so_o a_o spartan_a in_o plut._n lac._n apoph_n suffer_v not_o the_o belman_n to_o cry_n who_o will_v buy_v a_o slave_n '_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thou_o curse_a wretch_n say_v he_o cry_v who_o will_v buy_v a_o captive_a '_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joseph_n may_v be_v sell_v and_o serve_v servant_n read_v epictetus_n arriani_n and_o see_v the_o freedom_n of_o a_o servant_n naaman_n maid_n may_v be_v captive_a or_o take_v but_o slavery_n in_o grain_n can_v be_v without_o vice_n nor_o genuine_a freedom_n with_o it_o 5._o note_n refer_v to_o chap._n 8._o pag._n 3019._o etc._n etc._n last_o marginal_a note_n heathen_n testimony_n of_o original_a sin_n nam_fw-la vitiis_fw-la nemo_fw-la sine_fw-la nascitur_fw-la optimus_fw-la ille_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la minimis_fw-la urgetur_fw-la denique_fw-la teipsam_fw-la concute_fw-la numqua_fw-la tibi_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la inseverit_fw-la olim_fw-la natura_fw-la hor._n serm._n l._n 1._o sat._n 3._o damnatos_fw-la tamen_fw-la ad_fw-la mores_fw-la natura_fw-la recurrit_fw-la fixa_fw-la &_o nescia_fw-la mutari_fw-la juv._n sat._n 13._o v._n 240._o parcendum_fw-la teneris_fw-la nondum_fw-la implevere_fw-la medullas_fw-la nequitiae_fw-la mala_fw-la nativae_fw-la idem_fw-la sat._n 14._o v._n 216._o vnicuique_fw-la dedit_fw-la vitium_fw-la natura_fw-la creato_fw-la propert._n it_o be_v true_a indeed_o aristotle_n say_v in_o his_o 3._o book_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la that_o the_o human_a soul_n be_v like_o a_o white_a paper_n or_o table-book_n that_o have_v nothing_o write_v in_o and_o in_o the_o 2._o ethic._n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o that_o we_o be_v bear_v as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o indifferency_n or_o middle_a temper_n yet_o this_o in_o all_o reason_n can_v but_o be_v mean_v of_o moral_a habit_n or_o personal_a qualification_n which_o be_v to_o be_v get_v only_o by_o custom_n and_o the_o care_n he_o will_v have_v take_v for_o young-ones_a education_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d show_n that_o he_o be_v afraid_a of_o some_o secret_a bias_n or_o taint_n and_o chief_o that_o of_o pleasure_n 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