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A17330 Ten sermons vpon the first, second, third and fourth verses of the sixt of Matthew containing diuerse necessary and profitable treatises , viz. a preseruative against the poyson of vaine-glory in the 1 & 2, the reward of sincerity in the 3, the vncasing of the hypocrite in the 4, 5 and 6, the reward of hypocrisie in the 7 and 8, an admonition to left-handed Christians in the 9 and 10 : whereunto is annexed another treatise called The anatomie of Belial, set foorth in ten sermons vpon the 12, 13, 14, 15 verses of the 6 chapter of the Prouerbs of Salomon. Burton, William, d. 1616. 1602 (1602) STC 4178.5; ESTC S261 267,037 263

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by_o the_o former_a doctrine_n psal._n 12.3.4_o 2._o sort._n perverse_a disputer_n pro._n 26.18.19_o sober_a disputation_n tend_v to_o edification_n be_v commendable_a walk_v continuamce_n in_o forwardness_n be_v a_o difference_n between_o the_o godly_a and-the_a wicked_a ja._n 3.2_o psal._n 51._o psal._n 39_o the_o wicked_a delight_n in_o speak_v of_o the_o frailty_n of_o the_o godly_a to_o justify_v themselves_o the_o comfort_n of_o the_o godly_a after_o their_o fall_n rom._n 6._o the_o custom_n of_o sin_n be_v dangerous_a similitude_n custom_n and_o use_n make_v uncomely_a fashion_n seem_v comely_a how_o hard_o a_o thing_n it_o be_v to_o leave_v that_o which_o one_o have_v be_v accustom_v unto_o jer._n 13._o in_o nature_n impossible_a custom_n take_v away_o the_o feel_n of_o sin_n how_o a_o