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A59582 De finibus virtutis Christianæ The ends of Christian religion : which are to avoid eternall wrath from God, [to] enjoy [eternall] happinesse [from God] / justified in several discourses by R.S. Sharrock, Robert, 1630-1684. 1673 (1673) Wing S3009; ESTC R30561 155,104 232

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vindicated_n p._n 43_o 44_o justin_n martyr_n vindicate_v p._n 45_o st_n gregory_n photius_n cyprian_n prudentius_n athanasius_n and_o st_n hierom_n consider_v p._n 45_o 46_o 47_o justinian_o letter_n to_o archbishop_n menna_n and_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o sixth_o council_n of_o constantinople_n refer_v to_o p._n 47_o 48_o whether_o hell_n torment_v formal_o such_o as_o describe_v if_o not_o such_o great_a st_n greg._n nyssenes_n opinion_n p._n 49_o hell_n torment_v not_o now_o understand_v p._n 49_o 50_o god_n himself_o be_v in_o hell_n a_o consume_a fire_n p._n 50_o 51_o fear_n of_o god_n and_o his_o judgement_n commend_v p._n 51_o 52_o this_o fear_n a_o principal_a bar_n against_o vice_n p._n 52_o 53_o vicious_a man_n not_o to_o be_v envy_v p._n 54_o there_o be_v a_o reward_n in_o the_o end_n for_o the_o religious_a sect_n ii_o serm_v i._o of_o the_o reward_n of_o religion_n man_n naturally_n desire_v happiness_n p._n 5_o the_o great_a happiness_n be_v more_o desirable_a than_o 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our_o body_n in_o temperance_n soberness_n and_o chastity_n commend_v to_o we_o in_o our_o catechism_n second_o there_o be_v some_o lust_n that_o proceed_v from_o the_o irascible_a appetite_n and_o these_o in_o st_n paul_n phrase_n go_v under_o the_o name_n of_o strife_n and_o envy_v whence_o battle_n and_o murder_n and_o all_o breach_n of_o the_o six_o commandment_n commun_o ensue_v we_o shall_v plant_v our_o battery_n now_o only_o against_o the_o first_o squadron_n of_o our_o lust_n that_o in_o this_o late_a age_n have_v get_v too_o great_a a_o empire_n of_o mankind_n and_o shall_v leave_v the_o second_o to_o be_v encounter_v at_o some_o other_o time_n lust_n we_o have_v and_o shall_v have_v this_o be_v that_o body_n of_o sin_n that_o we_o carry_v still_o about_o we_o nature_n the_o fixedness_n of_o lust_n to_o corrupt_a nature_n st_n paul_n complain_v of_o it_o as_o of_o a_o deadly_a dart_n that_o stick_v fast_o in_o his_o liver_n haeret_fw-la lateri_fw-la lethalis_fw-la arundo-who_a say_v he_o shall_v deliver_v i_o from_o this_o body_n of_o death_n even_o natural_a man_n have_v be_v still_o ready_a to_o complain_v of_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plutarch_n ex_fw-la opinion_n pythagorae_n et_fw-la ex_fw-la platone_n &_o aristatele_fw-la animam_fw-la dicit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vid._n plutarchum_n in_o comment_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o very_a body_n of_o death_n that_o st_n paul_n speak_v of_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o plutarch_n call_v it_o a_o extravagant_a passionate_a and_o disorderly_a appetite_n this_o be_v that_o canaanite_n that_o we_o must_v always_o fight_v against_o but_o shall_v never_o be_v able_a utter_o to_o extirpate_v some_o indeed_o there_o be_v and_o too_o great_a a_o part_n of_o the_o world_n that_o
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manner_n of_o that_o utter_a desolation_n of_o the_o temple_n our_o saviour_n foretell_v it_o even_o to_o the_o most_o minute_n circumstance_n as_o that_o in_o the_o ruin_n of_o it_o 13.2_o origen_n lib._n 2._o contra_fw-la celsum_fw-la v._o &_o nyssenum_n loco_fw-la ●cit_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la josephum_fw-la do_v bello_fw-la judaico_fw-la lib._n 7._o cap._n 6_o 7_o 8_o ad_fw-la 16._o luke_n 23.28_o 29._o act._n 18.12_o 13_o etc._n etc._n v._o matth._n 13.2_o there_o shall_v not_o one_o stone_n be_v leave_v upon_o another_o that_o shall_v not_o be_v throw_v down_o and_o pluck_v asunder_o as_o the_o original_a word_n signify_v 311._o quis_fw-la sine_fw-la admiratione_n hoc_fw-la tremendum_fw-la demini_fw-la dictum_fw-la legere_fw-la potest_fw-la qui_fw-la meminerit_fw-la à_fw-la josepho_n scriptum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n &_o illud_fw-la quod_fw-la paulo_fw-la post_fw-la sequitur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adeo_fw-la omne_fw-la solo_fw-la adaequata_fw-la ut_fw-la ne_fw-la vestigia_fw-la quidem_fw-la pristinae_fw-la ullius_fw-la habitationis_fw-la relicta_fw-la fuerint_fw-la igitur_fw-la titus_n alexandria_n revertens_fw-la cum_fw-la complanata_fw-la omne_fw-la videret_fw-la lach●ymas_fw-la continere_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la etc._n etc._n lege_fw-la 15._o caput_fw-la l._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apud_fw-la josephum_fw-la nemo_fw-la ignorat_fw-la romanorum_fw-la morem_fw-la fuisse_fw-la complanato_fw-it urbium_fw-la rebellium_fw-la solo_n aratrum_fw-la inducere_fw-la vere_n igitur_fw-la mors_fw-la jerosolymorum_fw-la fuit_fw-la inducto_fw-la illi_fw-la aratro_fw-la quod_fw-la nec_fw-la vetustissimi_fw-la judaei_n ignorant_a qui_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la aratrum_fw-la templo_fw-la impressum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la terhibent_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la nomen_fw-la ejus_fw-la qui_fw-la aratrum_fw-la impressit_fw-la in_o monimentis_fw-la suis_fw-la retinent_fw-la turannum_fw-la rufum_fw-la vocant_fw-la etc._n 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