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A61120 Kaina kai palaia Things new and old, or, A store-house of similies, sentences, allegories, apophthegms, adagies, apologues, divine, morall, politicall, &c. : with their severall applications / collected and observed from the writings and sayings of the learned in all ages to this present by John Spencer ... Spencer, John, d. 1680.; Fuller, Thomas, (1608-1661) 1658 (1658) Wing S4960; ESTC R16985 1,028,106 735

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thing_n 558._o worldly_n honour_n and_o greatness_n their_o vanity_n to_o be_v consider_v 571._o man_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o their_o worldly_a contrivance_n prevent_v by_o death_n 646._o worldly-minded_n man_n little_o think_v of_o heaven_n and_o why_o so_o 663._o the_o vanity_n of_o worldly_a greatness_n 667._o the_o danger_n of_o trust_v to_o worldly_a greatness_n in_o time_n of_o distress_n 6._o dullness_n and_o drowsiness_n in_o the_o service_n or_o worship_n of_o god_n reprove_v 173._o the_o anger_n or_o wrath_n of_o god_n best_o appease_v when_o the_o sinner_n appear_v with_o christ_n in_o his_o arm_n 99_o y._n the_o folly_n of_o youth_n discover_v and_o reprove_v 187._o the_o time_n of_o youth_n to_o be_v give_v up_o to_o god_n 250._o youth_n to_o be_v catechize_v 422._o youth_n to_o be_v season_v with_o grace_n not_o give_v the_o least_o way_n to_o the_o devil_n 507._o z._n zeal_n and_o knowledge_n must_v go_v hand_n in_o hand_n together_o 15._o zeal_n in_o god_n service_n make_v the_o world_n derision_n 51._o zeal_n anabaptistical_n condemn_v 179._o preposterous_a zeal_n reprove_v 197._o want_v of_o zeal_n in_o the_o cause_n of_o god_n reprove_v 251._o man_n to_o be_v zealous_a in_o god_n cause_n 252._o to_o be_v zealous_a for_o the_o honour_n of_o jesus_n christ_n as_o he_o be_v the_o eternal_a son_n of_o god_n 379._o the_o danger_n of_o immoderate_a zeal_n against_o those_o of_o another_o judgement_n and_o how_o so_o 385._o the_o zeal_n of_o heathen_n of_o their_o false_a god_n condemn_v that_o of_o christian_n to_o their_o true_a god_n 411._o virgil._n eclog._n 3._o in_o praefat_fw-la reg._n aluredi_fw-la ad_fw-la leges_fw-la svas_fw-la sr._n h._n spelman_n in_o council_n aul._n gellius_n in_o noct_n attic._n psalm_n 119._o is._n bargrave_n parliament-serm_a 1624._o apoc._n 1._o 8._o pont._n diaconus_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la ejus_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la vid●re_fw-la in_o ●p_n praefixâ_fw-la operibus_fw-la ex_fw-la edit_fw-la sim._n goulartij_fw-la 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non_fw-la solum_fw-la debere_fw-la esse_fw-la volentem_fw-la etc._n etc._n zenoph_n cyropaed_n lib._n 2._o jean_n bodin_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr republic_n justitia_fw-la remp._n firmat_n ant._n bonfinius_n lib._n 3._o rerum_fw-la hungar._n jer_n 22._o 15._o lib._n 7._o chap._n 28._o i._o white_n serm._n at_o st._n paul●s_n london_n 1612._o flectitur_fw-la iratus_fw-la voce_fw-la rogante_fw-la deus_fw-la ovid._n psal._n 50●●5_n rich._n holdsworth_n serm._n at_o st._n paul_n lon._n 1624._o videmus_fw-la d●um_fw-la per_fw-la christum_fw-la etc._n etc._n fulgent_n d._n staughtons_n sermon_n haud_fw-la ullas_fw-la portabit_fw-la opes_fw-la acherontis_fw-la ad_fw-la undas_fw-la propert._n matth._n 4._o mark_n 8._o 36._o b._n white_a serm_n at_o st._n paul_n london_n 1617._o exigu●_n percussus_fw-la fulminis_fw-la ictu_fw-la fortior_fw-la ut_fw-la possit_fw-la cladibus_fw-la esse_fw-la suis._n ovid._n ep_n deu●_n 21._o 7._o eph._n ●●dal_n ser._n at_o mercer_n chapel_n london_n 1642._o pa●●m_fw-la te_fw-la poscimus_fw-la omnes_fw-la tho._n fuller_n holy_a state_n ubi_fw-la virtus_fw-la discretionis_fw-la perditur_fw-la etc._n etc._n greg._n lib._n 3._o moral_a rich_a stainihurst_n de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la hybern_n rom._n 6._o 12._o jos._n shute_n sermon_n at_o s._n mary_n wolnoth_n l●mbards●●eet_n london_n 1619._o john_n 14._o 2._o r._n skinner_n serm._n at_o court_n 1626._o via_fw-la divine_a via_fw-la 〈◊〉_d r._n stock_n serm._n at_o all-hallows_n breads●●_n lon._n 1616._o rev._n 6._o 10._o psal._n 125._o 3_o tempus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d tempus_fw-la opportunum_fw-la edw._n wilkison_n serm._n at_o st._n paul_n lond._n 1639._o d._n price_n serm._n at_o christ-church_n lond._n 1620._o 1_o joh._n 3._o 20._o 1_o cor._n 2._o 11._o plutarch_n in_o vitâ_fw-la alexandri_fw-la jos._n sure_a serm._n at_o st._n paul_n lond._n 1619._o act._n 20._o nihil_fw-la in_o aquavitae_fw-la durabile_fw-la non_fw-la opes_fw-la non_fw-la honores_fw-la non_fw-la potentia_fw-la etc._n etc._n const._n minos_n annal._n 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nat_n hist._n lib._n 10._o cap._n 20._o play●er's_n serm._n mat._n 12._o 43._o ovid._n metam_fw-la gabr._fw-la inchinus_fw-la de_fw-fr quat_n novissimis_fw-la si_fw-mi nunquam_fw-la moreretur_fw-la etc._n etc._n bern._n 〈◊〉_d ●52_n aristot._n 〈…〉_z gal._n 5._o 15._o sueton_n in_o vita_fw-la cl._n nero._n wal●_n soul_n ornament_n a_o serm._n 1616._o magna_fw-la tamen_fw-la spes_fw-la est_fw-la in_o bonitate_fw-la dei_fw-la ovid._n epist_n theodoret._n hist._n lib._n 6._o cap._n 22._o joh._n williams_n b._n lincoln_n serm._n at_o a_o fast_a westm._n 162●_n gen._n 22._o 12._o numb_a
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