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A40635 Peace and holiness in three sermons upon several occasions / by Ignatius Fuller. Fuller, Ignatius, 1624 or 5-1711. 1672 (1672) Wing F2390; Wing F2391; Wing F2392; ESTC R2184 61,487 158

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revelation_n let_v our_o discourse_n be_v strong_a and_o useful_a that_o no_o profane_a wit_n may_v say_v of_o our_o exercise_n as_o galen_n reproach_v the_o doctrine_n 〈◊〉_d nibil_n iradatur_fw-la populo_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o indubitatum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la fidei_fw-la negotium_fw-la necessarium_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la piè_fw-la vivendum_fw-la conducibile_fw-la say_v the_o great_a erasmus_n epist_n lib._n 24._o epist_n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o moses_n and_o christ_n it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v indemonstrable_a i_o can_v not_o read_v without_o great_a affection_n a_o observation_n of_o the_o learned_a dr._n andrews_n in_o his_o concio_fw-la ad_fw-la clerum_fw-la in_o a_o provincial_a convocation_n of_o some_o man_n who_o do_v involare_fw-la in_o hunc_fw-la locum_fw-la hoc_fw-la divinae_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la solium_fw-la and_o what_o do_v he_o here_o hic_fw-la ad_fw-la clepsydram_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cohaerentia_fw-la non_fw-la cohaerentia_fw-la scabra_fw-la putida_fw-la insulsa_fw-la nec_fw-la cocta_fw-la nec_fw-la condita_fw-la praecipitare_fw-la ad_fw-la nauseam_fw-la usque_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la scilicet_fw-la concionari_fw-la dicitur_fw-la this_o be_v to_o preach_v forsooth_o too_o too_o lively_a a_o character_n of_o many_o a_o preacher_n in_o these_o day_n let_v we_o for_o christ_n sake_n see_v our_o doctrine_n and_o our_o life_n be_v pure_a and_o pacific_a if_o our_o doctrine_n be_v doubtful_a and_o litigious_a and_o our_o life_n be_v careless_a and_o scandalous_a but_o i_o will_v rather_o use_v the_o word_n of_o the_o pious_a author_n si_fw-la doctrina_fw-la ludibrium_fw-la si_fw-la vita_fw-la scandalum_fw-la fortasse_fw-la non_fw-la momento_n uno_fw-la non_fw-la ictu_fw-la oculi_fw-la sed_fw-la sensim_fw-la tamen_fw-la senescet_fw-la evanescet_fw-la tendet_fw-la ad_fw-la interitum_fw-la ordo_fw-la vester_fw-ge 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nay_o i_o will_v add_v a_o few_o word_n more_o of_o that_o good_a man_n from_o the_o same_o paragraph_n enimvero_fw-la nisi_fw-la vos_fw-la vobis_fw-la hac_fw-la parte_fw-la caveatis_fw-la optimi_fw-la principis_fw-la gratia_fw-la procerum_fw-la favour_n legum_n terror_fw-la diu_fw-la vobis_fw-la cavere_fw-la non_fw-la poterunt_fw-la but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d well_o you_o see_v purity_n and_o peace_n be_v in_o the_o precept_n of_o our_o lord_n the_o best_a method_n i_o know_v to_o derive_v it_o into_o our_o heart_n and_o life_n be_v lay_v down_o in_o this_o sudden_a discourse_n especial_o in_o that_o observation_n of_o the_o learned_a king_n who_o will_v have_v we_o distinguish_v between_o necessary_n and_o non-necessaries_a and_o tell_v we_o the_o duty_n of_o every_o peaceable_a divine_a be_v to_o explicate_v to_o urge_v to_o teach_v that_o distinction_n and_o for_o your_o divertisement_n now_o and_o then_o if_o you_o spend_v some_o time_n in_o nazianzen_n apology_n chrysostom_n de_fw-fr sacerdotio_fw-la and_o the_o 81._o paragraph_n of_o mr._n hooker_n ecclesiastical_a polity_n as_o you_o will_v have_v no_o cause_n to_o repent_v your_o pain_n no_o more_o shall_v i_o that_o have_v put_v you_o in_o remembrance_n so_o to_o do_v and_o now_o my_o brethren_n of_o the_o laity_n let_v i_o speak_v to_o you_o in_o