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A40678 Mixt contemplations in better times by Thomas Fuller ... Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661. 1660 (1660) Wing F2451; ESTC R7395 42,203 158

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and_o not_o for_o his_o own_o but_o his_o uncle_n life_n 2_o kin._n 12.2_o he_o do_v that_o which_o be_v right_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n all_o his_o day_n wherein_o jehoiada_n the_o priest_n instruct_v he_o jehu_n be_v good_a in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o life_n and_o a_o zealous_a reformer_n to_o the_o utter_a abolish_n of_o baal_n out_o of_o israel_n but_o in_o his_o old_a age_n 2._o kin._n 10.31_o he_o return_v to_o the_o politic_a sin_n of_o jeroboam_n worship_v the_o calf_n in_o dan_n and_o bethel_n manasseh_n be_v bad_a in_o the_o beginning_n and_o middle_n of_o his_o life_n fill_v jerusalem_n with_o idolatry_n only_o towards_o the_o end_n thereof_o when_o carry_v into_o a_o 33.11_o strange_a land_n he_o come_v home_o to_o himself_o and_o destroy_v the_o profane_a altar_n he_o