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to_o the_o year_n 1653._o fol._n new_a the_o life_n of_o the_o apostle_n in_o folio_n alone_o by_o william_n cave_n d._n d._n chirurgical_a treatise_n by_o r._n wiseman_n serjeant-surgeon_n to_o his_o majesty_n fol._n new_a go_v in_o peace_n contain_v some_o brief_a direction_n for_o young_a minister_n in_o their_o visitation_n of_o the_o sick_n useful_a for_o the_o people_n in_o their_o state_n both_o of_o health_n and_o sickness_n in_o twelve_o new_a the_o practical_a christian_a in_o four_o part_n or_o a_o book_n of_o devotion_n and_o meditation_n also_o with_o meditation_n and_o psalm_n upon_o the_o four_o last_o thing_n 1._o death_n 2._o judgement_n 3._o hell_n 4._o heaven_n by_o r._n sherlock_n d._n d._n rector_n of_o winwick_n in_o twelves_o the_o life_n and_o death_n of_o k._n charles_n the_o first_o by_o r._n perenchief_n d._n d._n octavo_fw-la bishop_n cozen_n be_v devotion_n in_o twelves_o the_o true_a intellectual_a systeme_n of_o the_o universe_n the_o first_o part_n wherein_o all_o the_o reason_n and_o philosophy_n of_o atheism_n be_v confute_v and_o its_o impossibility_n demonstrate_v by_o r._n cudworth_n d._n d._n fol._n new_a the_o end_n of_o the_o catalogue_n inter_fw-la omnes_fw-la christi_fw-la parabolas_fw-la haec_fw-la sanè_fw-la est_fw-la eximia_fw-la plena_fw-la affectuum_fw-la &_o pulcherrimis_fw-la picta_fw-la coloribus_fw-la h._n grot._n in_o v_o 20._o prov._n 1._o 6._o prov._n 25._o 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clem._n alex_n strom._n lib._n 1._o justin_n in_o dial_n cum_fw-la tryphone_n judaeo_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o sam_n 14._o l._n bacon_n advanc_n videtur_fw-la autem_fw-la praeter_fw-la similitudinem_fw-la totius_fw-la etiam_fw-la partibus_fw-la inesse_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sicut_fw-la non_fw-la anxiè_fw-la conquirendae_fw-la sunt_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o partibus_fw-la comparationum_fw-la ita_fw-la hic_fw-la non_fw-la negligendae_fw-la cum_fw-la case_z aliorum_fw-la locorum_fw-la comparatio_fw-la suggerat_fw-la arias_n montanus_n in_o dilucid_n vid._n quistorp_n in_o loc_n vid._n grot._n in_o ver_fw-la 2._o jon._n 4._o 10_o 11._o theophylact_fw-mi in_o loc_n st._n austin_n q._n evang._n l._n 2._o praeproperâ_fw-la pieratis_fw-la velocitate_fw-la paenè_fw-la antè_fw-la coepit_fw-la perfectus_fw-la esse_fw-la quam_fw-la disceret_fw-la disceret_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pont._n diac._n in_o vit_fw-mi s._n cyprian_n greg._n naz._n orat._n 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d touch_v this_o matter_n let_v the_o learned_a reader_n consult_v mr._n cumberland_n de_fw-fr leg._n nat._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d porphyr_n de_fw-mi abst_fw-ge lib._n 1._o magnum_fw-la humanae_fw-la imbecillitatis_fw-la patrocinium_fw-la necessitas_fw-la quae_fw-la quicquid_fw-la cogit_fw-la excusat_fw-la sen._n mentem_fw-la peccare_fw-la non_fw-la corpus_fw-la &_o unde_fw-la consilium_fw-la abfuerit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la abesse_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clem._n alex_n paedag_fw-mi l._n 1._o c._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clem._n alex._n paedag_n lib._n 1._o sciendum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la locorum_fw-la distantiâ_fw-la sed_fw-la affectu_fw-la nos_fw-la esse_fw-la cum_fw-la deo_fw-la vel_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la recedere_fw-la s._n hierom._n ep_n 146._o 146._o dedit_fw-la eye_n liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la dedit_fw-la mentis_fw-la propriae_fw-la libertatem_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la viveret_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la imperio_fw-la dei_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la obsequio_fw-la svo_fw-la i_o e._n non_fw-la ex_fw-la necessitate_v sed_fw-la ex_fw-la voluntate_fw-la ut_fw-la virtus_fw-la haberet_fw-la locum_fw-la ut_fw-la à _fw-la caeteris_fw-la animantibus_fw-la distaremus_fw-la dum_fw-la ad_fw-la exemplum_fw-la dei_fw-la permissum_fw-la est_fw-la robis_fw-la facere_fw-la quod_fw-la velimus_fw-la chap._n 3._o sect._n 3_o just_a mart._n apol._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n quod_fw-la comprehensionem_fw-la dedisset_fw-la quasi_fw-la nor_o mam_n scientiae_fw-la &_o principium_fw-la svi_fw-la svi_fw-la sine_fw-la quibus_fw-la nec_fw-la intelligi_fw-la quicquam_fw-la nec_fw-la quaeri_fw-la nec_fw-la disputari_fw-la possit_fw-la tully_n acad_n lib._n 1._o &_o 4._o see_v euseb_n praepar_fw-la evang_v l._n 6._o c._n 6._o tully_n de_fw-fr divinat_fw-la tanta_fw-la autem_fw-la est_fw-la corruptela_fw-la malae_fw-la consuetudinis_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la eatanquam_fw-la igniculi_fw-la à _fw-la natura_fw-la dati_fw-la extinguuntur_fw-la cic._n the_o leg_n l._n 1._o tit._n liv._o lib._n 40._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n chrysost_o in_o locum_fw-la salvus_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la si_fw-la sanus_fw-la esse_fw-la coepisset_fw-la tuse_a q._n 5._o 2_o tim._n 2._o 26._o 1_o jo._n 3._o 8._o ecce_fw-la quid_fw-la faciat_fw-la praeceps_fw-la cupidit_fw-la as_o civem_fw-la in_o peregrinum_fw-la locupletem_fw-la in_o egenum_fw-la filiumin_fw-la mercenarium_fw-la convertit_fw-la junxit_fw-la porcis_fw-la quem_fw-la à _fw-la patre_fw-la piissimo_fw-la sejunxit_fw-la ut_fw-la serviret_fw-la coenoso_fw-la pecori_fw-la qui_fw-la pietati_fw-la sanctae_fw-la parere_fw-la contemserit_fw-la plin._n nat._n hist_o l._n 15._o c._n 24._o cum_fw-la ipse_fw-la omnium_fw-la notarum_fw-la sim_fw-la peccator_fw-la &_o nulli_fw-la rei_fw-la natus_fw-la nisi_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la non_fw-la facile_fw-la possum_fw-la super_fw-la illâ_fw-la â—acere_fw-la quum_fw-la ipse_fw-la quoque_fw-la &_o stirpis_fw-la humanae_fw-la &_o offensae_fw-la in_o dominum_fw-la princeps_fw-la adam_n exomologesi_fw-la restitutus_fw-la in_o paradisum_fw-la suum_fw-la non_fw-la tacet_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d s._n chrys_n loc_n prik_v citat_fw-la infigi_fw-la debet_fw-la persuasio_fw-la ad_fw-la totam_fw-la vitam_fw-la pertinens_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la decretum_fw-la voco_fw-la sen._n ep._n 95._o jos_n 24._o 15._o luk_n 14._o 28_o etc._n etc._n matt._n 4._o 8._o matt._n 13._o the_o reader_n be_v desire_v to_o peruse_v three_o short_a but_o sad_a story_n to_o this_o purpose_n in_o dr._n j._n tailor_n be_v great_a exemplar_n part_v 3_o disc_n 19_o sect._n 5._o matt._n 22._o 35._o mark_v 12._o 28._o luk._n 18._o 18._o soli_fw-la vos_fw-la tusâ—ulani_n veras_fw-la vires_fw-la vera_fw-la arma_fw-la quibus_fw-la abira_fw-la romanorum_fw-la vos_fw-la â—uâ—aremini_fw-la invenistis_fw-la invenistis_fw-la crimina_fw-la nostra_fw-la vel_fw-la fateri_fw-la tu_fw-la tum_fw-la censemus_fw-la cum_fw-la tam_fw-la serio_fw-la poenituit_fw-la livy_n hist_o lib._n 6._o 2_o sam._n 24._o st._n james_n 2._o 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n apud_fw-la regem_fw-la esse_fw-la gratiae_fw-la locum_fw-la esse_fw-la beneficio_fw-la &_o irasci_fw-la &_o ignâ—scere_fw-la posse_fw-la leges_fw-la verè_fw-la rem_fw-la surdam_fw-la &_o inexorabilem_fw-la esse_fw-la nihil_fw-la laxamenti_fw-la neceveniae_fw-la habere_fw-la periculosum_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o tot_fw-la humanis_fw-la erroribus_fw-la solâ_fw-la innocentiâ_fw-la vivere_fw-la liv._o hist_o lib._n 2._o judg._n 13._o 23._o judge_n 7._o lactantio_n lib_n 6._o de_fw-la vero_fw-la cultu_fw-la cite_v such_o a_o passage_n out_o of_o tullie_n three_o book_n of_o academy_n which_o be_v lose_v 2_o king_n 21._o 3_o joh._n 3._o s._n joh_n 3._o 8._o s._n luke_n 11._o 13._o 1_o joh._n 4._o 4._o phil._n 2._o 13._o pythag._n aurea_fw-la carmina_fw-la hierocl_n in_o aurea_fw-la carmina_fw-la 2_o king_n 7._o 3._o tert._n de_fw-fr poenit._n v._o mede_n disc_n 3._o in_o act._n 17._o 4._o psal_n 27._o 4._o livy_n lib._n 5._o rom._n 12._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la abscendit_fw-la vitia_fw-la sed_fw-la abscindit_fw-la lact._n li_n 3._o cap._n 26._o gen._n 32._o 10._o kimch_o in_o isa_n 59_o c._n trent_n sess_z 4._o cap._n 4._o maim_v in_o teshubha_n apud_fw-la lightf_n hor._n hebr._n plutarch_n reip._n she_o precept_n gen_n chap._n 37_o continue_v to_o chap._n 45._o mark_n 10._o 21._o senec._n ep._n 73._o euseb_n eccles_n hist_o li._n 3._o cap._n 17._o rev._n 2._o 4._o philo_n lib._n de_fw-la abrahamo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d luk._n 17._o 4._o joseph_n antiqu._n li._n 15._o c._n 10._o daniel_n 5._o chrysost_n homilia_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nihil_fw-la inuenies_fw-la rectius_fw-la recto_fw-la non_fw-la magìs_fw-la quam_fw-la vero_fw-la verius_fw-la omnis_fw-la in_o modo_fw-la virtus_fw-la est_fw-la modus_fw-la est_fw-la certa_fw-la mensura_fw-la senec._n ep._n 65._o plutarch_n de_fw-fr virt_n moral_a plutarch_n de_fw-mi prof_o in_o virt_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d just_a mart._n ep._n ad_fw-la diognet_fw-la by_o what_o mean_v the_o further_a sanctification_n of_o the_o penitent_a be_v carry_v on_o eph._n 4._o 30._o 2_o king_n 3._o 15._o vide_fw-la gal._n 5._o 22._o phil._n ii_o of_o sp._n d._n of_o alva_n 1_o sam._n 2._o 30._o prov._n 6._o 13._o simpl._n in_o epict._n simpl._n in_o praef._n ad_fw-la epict._n vell._n paterc_n hist_o lib._n 2._o a_o brief_a description_n of_o a_o perfect_a christian_n vide_fw-la struckium_fw-la de_fw-fr conviv_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 24._o menasse_n ben_n isr_n de_fw-fr resurrect_v lib._n 3._o cap._n 9_o luk._n 23._o 43._o 2_o cor._n 12._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n phil._n jud._n de_fw-fr alleg._n act_n 17._o 18._o 32._o valerius_n maxim_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 1._o livy_n hist_o lib._n 45._o cap._n 7._o ibid._n cap._n 41._o 1_o cor._n 7._o 31._o s._n chrys_n ubi_fw-la priús_fw-la matth._n 22._o 2._o luk._n 14._o 16._o 1._o sam._n 17._o 26_o etc._n etc._n greg._n naz._n orat_fw-la 18._o
my_o friend_n in_o that_o point_n and_o satisfy_v the_o expectation_n of_o sober_a man_n but_o because_o a_o work_n of_o that_o nature_n and_o importance_n require_v the_o most_o mature_a deliberation_n and_o exact_a discussion_n and_o because_o i_o willing_o confess_v myself_o to_o be_v none_o of_o those_o who_o be_v as_o wise_a at_o the_o first_o prospect_n of_o a_o business_n as_o ever_o they_o intend_v to_o be_v and_o who_o as_o if_o they_o have_v a_o intuitive_a knowledge_n present_o jump_v into_o a_o infallibility_n of_o opinion_n which_o they_o can_v never_o after_o find_v in_o their_o heart_n to_o retract_v or_o outgrow_a i_o therefore_o think_v it_o both_o fit_a and_o safe_a that_o a_o work_n of_o that_o nature_n shall_v be_v digest_v by_o several_a reflection_n upon_o it_o and_o ripen_v by_o time_n which_o certain_o be_v the_o best_a counsellor_n in_o the_o world_n upon_o this_o account_n kind_a reader_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o instead_o of_o a_o more_o close_a and_o 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