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A36329 Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life, in and after a time of great mortality, by a wasting plague (anno 1665) answered in XIII directions / by Tho. Doolitel. Doolittle, Thomas, 1632?-1707. 1666 (1666) Wing D1895; ESTC R35664 157,743 310

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will_v you_o hide_v your_o sin_n in_o the_o secret_a corner_n of_o your_o heart_n or_o will_v you_o allow_v yourself_o to_o sin_n because_o you_o be_v in_o your_o secret_a chamber_n or_o will_v this_o be_v to_o live_v worthy_a of_o god_n secret_a protection_n of_o you_o to_o commit_v secret_a sin_n against_o god_n that_o you_o be_v preserve_v this_o be_v visible_a all_o that_o see_v you_o walk_v in_o the_o street_n know_v this_o but_o god_n way_n of_o preserve_v you_o be_v not_o only_o by_o visible_a mean_n as_o antidote_n and_o cordial_n but_o by_o the_o invisible_a guard_n of_o holy_a angel_n psal_n 91.10_o there_o shall_v no_o evil_n befall_v thou_o neither_o shall_v any_o plague_n come_v nigh_o thy_o dwell_n ver._n 11._o for_o he_o shall_v give_v his_o angel_n charge_v over_o thou_o to_o keep_v thou_o in_o all_o thy_o way_n ver._n 12._o they_o shall_v bear_v thou_o up_o in_o their_o hand_n lest_o thou_o dash_v thy_o foot_n against_o a_o stone_n the_o reason_n why_o you_o have_v 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