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A11454 Ten sermons preached I. Ad clerum. 3. II. Ad magistratum. 3. III. Ad populum. 4. By Robert Saunderson Bachellor in Diuinitie, sometimes fellow of Lincolne Colledge in Oxford.; Sermons. Selected sermons Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. 1627 (1627) STC 21705; ESTC S116623 297,067 482

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the_o station_n or_o degree_n in_o the_o ministry_n upon_o good_a cause_n and_o with_o due_a circumstance_n but_o yet_o still_o so_o as_o that_o the_o main_a call_v itself_o remain_v unchanged_a this_o call_v have_v in_o it_o something_o that_o be_v sacred_a and_o singular_a and_o different_a from_o other_o calling_n as_o therefore_o thing_n once_o dedicate_v and_o hallow_v to_o religious_a service_n be_v no_o more_o to_o return_v to_o common_a use_n for_o that_o be_v to_o profane_v they_o ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la and_o to_o make_v they_o unclean_a so_o person_n once_o set_v apart_o for_o the_o holy_a work_n of_o the_o ministry_n 1.1_o ministry_n act._n 13.2_o whence_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rom._n 1.1_o separate_v i_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n and_o invest_v into_o their_o call_v with_o solemn_a collation_n of_o 20.22_o joh._n 20.22_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o a_o special_a manner_n if_o any_o more_o they_o return_v to_o be_v of_o that_o lump_n from_o which_o they_o be_v separate_v 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