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A90811 Authentēs. Or A treatise of self-deniall. Wherein the necessity and excellency of it is demonstrated; with several directions for the practice of it. / By Theophilus Polwheile, M.A. sometimes of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, now teacher of the Church at Teverton in Devon. Polwheile, Theophilus, d. 1689. 1658 (1658) Wing P2782; Thomason E1733_1; ESTC R209629 246,682 521

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isa_n 63.8_o serm._n before_o the_o parl._n workman_n we_o be_v loc_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d syrus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la priorem_fw-la hominis_fw-la creationem_fw-la alludit_fw-la utetiam_fw-la david_n psa_fw-la 51.12_o pro_fw-la nomine_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d caeteri_fw-la omnes_fw-la prorsus_fw-la excluduntur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vocat_fw-la quod_fw-la hebr._fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d beza_n in_o loc_n his_o workmanship_n say_v the_o apostle_n create_v in_o christ_n jesus_n unto_o good_a work_n ephes_n 2.10_o therefore_o if_o we_o attribute_v any_o thing_n to_o ourselves_o 28._o ourselves_o sibbs_n soul_n conflict_n cap._n 28._o we_o commit_v either_o sacrilege_n by_o rob_v god_n of_o his_o due_n and_o so_o do_v not_o praise_v he_o or_o mockery_n by_o praise_v he_o for_o that_o which_o we_o hold_v to_o be_v of_o ourselves_o it_o be_v a_o most_o unreasonable_a thing_n to_o arrogate_v that_o to_o ourselves_o as_o the_o 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