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The practical Sabbatarian, or, Sabbath-holiness crowned with superlative happiness by John Wells ...
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Wells, John, 1623-1676.
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frivolous_a imagination_n meditation_n the_o second_o advantage_n of_o meditation_n tion_n be_v whole_o shut_v out_o god_n complain_v of_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n that_o they_o be_v whole_o take_v up_o with_o vain_a thought_n 14._o jer._n 4._o 14._o jer._n 4._o 14._o and_o so_o it_o be_v with_o most_o man_n their_o mind_n be_v fill_v with_o froth_n and_o vanity_n and_o variety_n of_o foolish_a thought_n crowd_n in_o upon_o they_o as_o fly_n swarm_v to_o the_o place_n where_o the_o honey_n lie_v and_o those_o incautelous_a person_n consider_v not_o that_o chrysost_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d chrysost_o sin_n begin_v at_o the_o thought_n which_o be_v the_o first_o plotter_n and_o contriver_n of_o all_o evil_a the_o heart_n be_v the_o womb_n whereall_a sin_n be_v conceive_v and_o frame_v and_o outward_a act_n only_a midwife_n the_o sinful_a birth_n into_o the_o world_n and_o make_v it_o visible_a the_o mind_n and_o fancy_n be_v the_o stage_n where_o sin_n be_v first_o act_v the_o malicious_a psal_n o_o quà m_fw-la vanae_fw-la sunt_fw-la hominum_fw-la cogitationes_fw-la una_fw-la cogitatio_fw-la foelix_fw-la est_fw-la cogitare_fw-la de_fw-la domino_fw-la hieron_n in_o psal_n man_n act_n over_o his_o sin_n in_o his_o thought_n he_o plot_v his_o revenge_n the_o impure_a person_n act_n over_o his_o concupiscence_n in_o his_o thought_n he_o contrive_v his_o lust_n and_o it_o be_v much_o to_o be_v deplore_v how_o much_o wickedness_n be_v commit_v in_o the_o chamber_n of_o our_o thought_n now_o meditation_n on_o thing_n divine_a the_o purity_n of_o god_n the_o promise_n of_o god_n will_v be_v a_o sovereign_a mean_n to_o exite_fw-la and_o banish_v such_o vain_a and_o flatulent_a thought_n hierome_n 1._o 2_o cor._n 7._o 1._o cry_v out_o how_o vain_a be_v the_o thought_n of_o man_n there_o be_v but_o one_o thought_n considerable_a and_o that_o be_v to_o think_v on_o god_n if_o david_n have_v carry_v the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n about_o he_o and_o meditate_a 2._o 2_o sam._n 11._o 2._o on_o it_o