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The zealovs Christian taking heaven by holy violence in severall sermons, tending to direct men how to hear with zeal, [how] to pray with importunity / preached by ... Mr. Christopher Love ...
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Love, Christopher, 1618-1651.
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fear_n nor_o wit_n can_v restrain_v they_o no_o danger_n nor_o threaten_n either_o from_o god_n or_o man_n can_v keep_v they_o in_o jerem._n 2._o 23._o they_o be_v as_o a_o swift_a 23_o dromedary_n traverse_v her_o way_n their_o course_n be_v evil_a and_o their_o force_n be_v not_o right_a jeremy_n 23._o 10._o their_o heart_n be_v full_o set_v in_o they_o to_o do_v evil_a eccles_n 8._o 11._o they_o weary_a themselves_o to_o commit_v iniquity_n jeremy_n 9_o 5._o the_o people_n labour_n 11._o in_o the_o fire_n and_o weary_a themselves_o for_o very_a vanity_n habak_v 2._o 13._o they_o sleep_v not_o except_o 13._o they_o have_v do_v mischief_n and_o their_o sleep_n be_v take_v away_o except_o they_o cause_v some_o to_o fall_v prov._n 4._o 16._o 16._o 2_o this_o reprove_v those_o that_o instead_o of_o a_o holy_a violence_n be_v guilty_a of_o tumultuous_a violence_n that_o by_o force_n and_o power_n disturb_v humane_a society_n destroy_v law_n and_o government_n that_o do_v as_o antiochus_n do_v dan._n 7._o 25._o 25._o he_o speak_v great_a word_n against_o the_o most_o high_a and_o be_v out_o the_o saint_n of_o the_o most_o high_a and_o think_v to_o change_v time_n and_o law_n 3_o this_o reprove_v those_o that_o instead_o of_o a_o holy_a violence_n be_v guilty_a of_o oppress_a violence_n which_o be_v the_o sin_n chief_o of_o rich_a man_n mic._n 6._o 12._o for_o the_o rich_a man_n thereof_o be_v full_a violence_n 12._o it_o be_v they_o that_o grind_v the_o face_n of_o the_o poor_a mic._n 2._o 2._o they_o covet_v field_n and_o take_v they_o by_o violence_n 2._o &_o house_n &_o take_v they_o away_o and_o so_o they_o oppress_v a_o man_n and_o his_o house_n amos_n 3._o 10._o they_o 10._o know_v not_o to_o do_v right_a who_o store_n up_o violence_n and_o robbery_n in_o their_o palace_n prov._n 4._o 17._o they_o eat_v the_o 17._o bread_n of_o wickedness_n &_o drink_v the_o wine_n of_o violence_n 4_o this_o reprove_v those_o who_o be_v eager_a &_o violent_a in_o their_o pursuit_n 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