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A05170 A sermon preached on Munday, the sixt of February, at Westminster at the opening of the Parliament. By the Bishop of S: Dauids. Laud, William, 1573-1645. 1625 (1625) STC 15304; ESTC S108348 19,061 57

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the_o law_n and_o the_o testimony_n judgement_n go_v out_o from_o god_n late_o and_o it_o be_v fierce_a how_o many_o thousand_o strong_a man_n which_o may_v have_v be_v a_o wall_n about_o jerusalem_n have_v the_o pestilence_n sweep_v away_o but_o his_o mercy_n soon_o overtake_v his_o judgement_n for_o when_o do_v the_o eye_n of_o man_n behold_v so_o strange_a and_o sudden_a abatement_n of_o so_o great_a mortality_n a_o great_a argument_n that_o he_o will_v now_o appear_v in_o mercy_n and_o i_o can_v tell_v which_o have_v get_v the_o better_a in_o the_o vie_n your_o honour_n or_o your_o religion_n that_o you_o have_v make_v such_o haste_n to_o bring_v the_o tribe_n to_o the_o temple_n to_o give_v thanks_o to_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n for_o this_o the_o first_o lesson_n of_o this_o day_n evening_n prayer_n be_v exod._n 18._o 18._o there_o be_v the_o story_n of_o iethro_n counsel_n to_o moses_n for_o assistance_n of_o inferior_a officer_n this_o be_v not_o the_o beginning_n of_o 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psal._n 113.6_o s._n matth._n 5.35_o thren_n 2.15_o s._n matth._n 24.2_o adrichom_n in_o descrip_n jerus_n jud._n 19.10_o 2._o sam._n 5.7_o 1._o chron._n 11.4_o s._n hil._n ibid._n gen._n 49.7_o coll._n dom._n 5._o post_n trin._n plat._n in_o vit_fw-mi vrban_n 3._o lucan_n lucan_n lib._n 5._o de_fw-fr bel._n gal._n in_o vita_fw-la i._o agrip_n ●cor_fw-la 12._o vers._n 25._o vers._n 21._o vers._n 21._o orat._n 20._o 1._o cor._n 13.4_o s._n luk._n 23.34_o esai_n 2._o 2._o s._n math._n 16.18_o gal._n 6.2_o ezech._n 13.10_o 2._o tim._n 2.23_o s._n luk._n 19.12_o exod._n 23.17_o psal._n 50.13,14_o 1._o cor._n 1.17_o psal._n 127._o 1._o jon._n 3._o act_n 13.27_o s._n basil._n ibid._n deut._n 17.11_o deut._n 16.16_o vers._n 22._o vers._n 8,9_o s._n luk._n 10.30_o s._n aug._n ibid._n exod._n 23.15_o 23.15_o apolina_n ibid._n deut._n 16.16_o 2._o chron._n 7.12_o s._n basil._n ibid._n 3._o reg._n 12.28_o ibid._n s._n joh._n 21.16_o deut._n 17.10_o s._n basil._n theodoret_n euthy●_n calvin_n m●sc●_n inn._n ibid._n s._n luk._n 1.75_o non_fw-la eadem_fw-la videntur_fw-la judicibus_fw-la iratis_fw-la &_o quietis_fw-la arist._n lib._n 2._o rhet._n c._n 1._o 1._o cor._n 6.6_o 6.6_o tostat._n in_o exod_n 21._o q._n 16._o p._n cuneus_n de_fw-fr rep._n hebr._n lib._n 1._o c._n 12._o rom._n 13._o 1._o both_o for_o cause_n &_o person_n pet_n cun._n de_fw-fr rep._n hebr._n lib._n 1._o pag._n 101._o &_o 106._o calvin_n muscul._n jun._n versio_fw-la geneu_fw-fr nay_o the_o anabaptist_n themselves_o ainsw_n ibid._n 2._o sam._n 7.10_o &_o psal._n 89.36_o psal._n 65.7_o calu._n ibid._n 1._o sam._n 8._o psal._n 111.10_o 1._o s._n pet._n 2.17_o exod._n 25.22_o exod._n 18._o numb_a 11.16_o
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long_o as_o jerusalem_n be_v at_o unity_n in_o itself_o but_o when_o that_o break_v all_o misery_n begin_v for_o no_o soon_o have_v jeroboam_fw-la make_v a_o rent_n in_o this_o unity_n and_o tear_v away_o ten_o tribe_n from_o the_o house_n of_o david_n but_o by_o and_o by_o samaria_n be_v as_o good_a as_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o calf_n in_o dan_n and_o bethel_n as_o good_a as_o that_o god_n that_o bring_v they_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n 3._o reg._n 12._o 12.28_o so_o dangerous_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v when_o unity_n and_o god_n command_n be_v break_v together_o the_o jesuite_n lorinus_n tell_v we_o ibid._n there_o be_v better_a cause_n to_o persuade_v we_o now_o to_o go_v on_o pilgrimage_n ad_fw-la limina_fw-la petri_n and_o the_o jubilee_n at_o rome_n than_o the_o tribe_n have_v here_o to_o go_v to_o jerusalem_n what_o better_o cause_n the_o jew_n have_v god_n express_v commandment_n to_o go_v to_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o form_n of_o worship_n that_o be_v there_o and_o 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