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Contentment in Gods gifts or some sermon notes leading to equanimitie and contentation. By Henry Mason parson of S. Andrews Vndershaft London
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Mason, Henry, 1573?-1647.
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man_n be_v over-taken_a in_o a_o fault_n you_o which_o be_v spiritual_a restore_v such_o a_o man_n in_o the_o spirit_n of_o meekness_n gal._n 6.1_o and_o of_o our_o saviour_n it_o be_v say_v a_o bruise_a reed_n shall_v he_o not_o break_v and_o smoke_a flax_n shall_v he_o not_o quench_v mat._n 12.20_o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o our_o lord_n do_v not_o contemn_v the_o small_a spark_n of_o grace_n nor_o despise_v the_o least_o degree_n of_o goodness_n wheresoever_o he_o find_v it_o and_o agreeable_o hereunto_o s._n augustine_n give_v his_o counsel_n for_o be_v request_v by_o a_o godly_a matron_n to_o give_v she_o some_o rule_n of_o prayer_n for_o herself_o and_o her_o family_n in_o which_o there_o be_v divers_z other_o of_o the_o same_o sex_n among_o other_o thing_n he_o tell_v she_o 214._o she_o aug_n epist_n 121._o ad_fw-la probum_fw-la cap_fw-es ult_fw-la pag._n 214._o that_o fervency_n in_o prayer_n be_v much_o help_v by_o fast_v and_o chasten_v of_o the_o body_n for_o the_o right_a 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