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A63741 Dekas embolimaios a supplement to the Eniautos, or, Course of sermons for the whole year : being ten sermons explaining the nature of faith, and obedience, in relation to God, and the ecclesiastical and secular powers respectively : all that have been preached and published (since the Restauration) / by the Right Reverend Father in God Jeremy Lord Bishop of Down and Connor ; with his advice to the clergy of his diocess.; Eniautos. Supplement Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667. 1667 (1667) Wing T308; ESTC R11724 252,853 230

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every_o vice_n let_v he_o teach_v his_o people_n to_o make_v act_n of_o virtue_n not_o only_o by_o external_a exercise_n but_o also_o in_o the_o way_n of_o prayer_n and_o internal_a meditation_n in_o these_o and_o all_o thing_n else_o that_o concern_v the_o minister_n duty_n if_o there_o be_v difficulty_n you_o be_v to_o repair_v to_o your_o bishop_n for_o further_a advice_n assistance_n and_o information_n finis_fw-la heb._n 7._o 19_o ga._n 3._o 3_o &_o gal._n 6._o 12_o 13._o phil._n 3._o 34._o sed_fw-la belzebulis_fw-la callida_fw-la commenta_fw-la christus_fw-la destruit_fw-la de_fw-fr legib●●_n l_o scire_fw-la prov_n 28._o 14._o s._n hier._n in_o comment_n isai._n 8._o isidor_n l._n 13._o orig._n cap._n 13._o comman_n in_o 12._o isai_n &_o l._n 6._o in_o ezek._n c._n 18._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d legat._n pro_fw-la christianis_fw-la rom._n 8._o 13._o gal._n 5._o 16._o rom._n 8._o 7._o 1_o joh._n 3._o 9_o matth._n 7._o 18._o heb._n 12._o 1._o 1_o joh._n 3._o 8._o 1_o joh._n 4._o 4._o mark_n 9_o 23._o ille_fw-la laudatur_fw-la qui_fw-la ut●coeperint_fw-la statim_fw-la interficit_fw-la cogitata_fw-la &_o allidit_fw-la ad_fw-la petram_fw-la petram_fw-la rom._n 3._o 28._o 4._o 5._o 5._o 1._o 10._o 10._o gal._n 2._o 16._o james_n 2._o 9_o 1_o cor._n 13._o 2._o tuscul._n 1_o james._n 2._o 14._o gal._n 5._o 6._o gal._n 6._o 15._o 1_o cor._n 7._o 19_o isai._n 57_o 21._o exod._n 25._o 7._o heb._n 12._o 14._o titus_n 3._o 8._o hebr._n 6._o 1._o 1_o joh._n 3._o 8._o eph._n 5._o 25._o tit._n 2._o 11._o john_n 15._o 2._o rom._n 5._o 8._o 10._o rom._n 8._o 28._o rom._n 4_o 25._o ecclus._n 31_o rom._n 8._o 10._o plaut_n captiv_n rom._n 8._o 29._o rom._n 2._o 6_o 7_o 8._o joh._n 6._o 28._o 29._o 2_o pet._n 1._o 5._o 2_o thes._n 3._o 2._o 1_o tim._n 5._o 8._o heb._n 11._o ecclus._n 32._o 24._o panar_n lib._n 1._o edit_n basil._n p._n 8._o l._n 46._o 2_o tim._n 2._o 16._o instit_n l._n 5._o c._n 9_o mark_n 12._o 24._o tit._n 1._o 16._o 2_o thes._n 2._o 12._o lib._n 3._o ep._n 69._o jerem._n 9_o 1._o esa._n 26._o 12._o 2_o thes._n 3_o 1._o cap._n 24._o 25._o epist._n 73._o ad_fw-la jubai_n 1_o tim._n 6._o 14._o 14._o rom._n 12._o 6._o eph_n 4._o 11._o 1_o cor_n 12._o 28._o 28._o act_n 1._o 25._o 1_o tim._n 5._o 19_o 1_o tit._n 11._o &_o 2_o titus_n 15._o cap._n 2._o v._n 3._o gal._n 1._o 19_o 19_o 1_o cor._n 8._o 23._o philip._n 2._o 25._o psalm_n 45._o 16._o in_o 1_o cor._n 12._o in_o psalm_n 44._o epist._n 1._o simpronianum_fw-la epist._n 65._o ad_fw-la rogat_fw-la quast_n v._o &_o n._n t._n q._n 197._o isa._n 60.17_o hunc_fw-la locum_fw-la etiam_fw-la citat_fw-la s._n clemens_n ep._n ad_fw-la cor._n neh._n 11._o 10._o 2_o kin_n 11._o 18._o numb_a 4._o 16._o epist._n 2._o ad_fw-la nep●●_n epistol_n ad_fw-la evagriu●_n heb._n 13_o 17_o act_n 1._o 25._o isai._n 60._o 17._o 1_o pet._n 5._o 1._o 5._o luke_n 22_o 27._o mark_v 10._o 43._o john_n 13._o 13._o lib._n 3._o tit._n 1._o 1_o tim._n 1._o 19_o 2_o tim._n 3._o 9_o in_o cap._n 2._o zeph._n lib._n 1._o ep._n 4._o dial._n adv_o lucifer_n eccle._n 45._o 26._o et_fw-la 24_o c._n council_n antioch_n 1_o cor._n 4._o 1_o 2_o 3._o jer._n 3._o 15._o heb._n 13._o 7._o z●ch_o 11._o 7._o cap._n 11._o prov._n 6_o 3_o 4._o d._n bernard_n ad_fw-la henr._n episc._n senensem_fw-la 2_o tim._n 2._o j●r_n 13._o 20_o 21._o nullum_fw-la malum_fw-la maj●●_n aut_fw-la infeliciter_fw-la feracity_n qu●m_fw-la inobedic●tia_fw-la seneca_n 1_o tim._n 2._o 1._o prov._n 16._o 10._o l._n 8._o cod_n de_fw-fr veteri_fw-la jure_fw-la enucleando_fw-la petr●_n cellensis_n lib._n de_fw-la conscientia_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d num._n 12._o 6_o 7_o 8_o seneca_n seneca_n rom._n 16._o 17._o seneca_n prov._n 24._o 34._o ecclus._n 5._o 10._o vulg._n edit_n lat._n psal._n 111._o 10._o psal._n 119._o nazianz._n ad_fw-la philagrium_fw-la 2_o pet._n 1._o 1_o john_n 2._o 27._o 1_o cor._n 2._o 14._o eph._n 5._o 14._o prov._n 10._o 31_o 32._o john_n 14._o 21._o rom._n 1._o 25_o 26._o eccl._n 2._o 26._o john_n 14._o 26_o lib._n 2._o ethic._n c._n 1._o nullum_fw-la bonum_fw-la perfectè_fw-la noscitur_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la perfectè_fw-la amatur_fw-la aug._n lib_n 83._o qu._n de_fw-la gratia_fw-la christi_fw-la ecclus._n 21._o 11._o lib._n de_fw-fr con._n summat_fw-la seculi_fw-la inter_fw-la opera_fw-la ephrem_fw-la sylli_n syne_n he_o 6._o 1_o thes._n 4_o 16._o john_n 5._o 28._o dracuntim_fw-la de_fw-la opere_fw-la dei_fw-la luke_n 14._o 14._o rev._n 20._o 6._o 1_o thes._n 4._o 16._o numb_a 1._o 46._o 3._o 39_o seld._n hist._n of_o tithe_n c._n 2._o see_v philo._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tract_n 25._o in_o s._n matthew_n de_fw-fr scriptor_n eccles._n epist._n 30._o syne_n ep._n 57_o 57_o tim._n 1._o 18._o il_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vide_fw-la 1._o cor._n 15._o 18._o 1._o thess._n 4._o ●6_n rev._n 14._o 13._o john_n 5._o 24._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 8_o &_o 6._o 1_o thess._n 5._o 10._o prov._n 2._o 17._o 2_o pet._n 1._o 5._o 2_o pet._n 1._o 8._o heb._n 12._o 14._o gal._n 6._o 1._o numb_a 16._o 9_o psal._n 50._o 16_o 17._o psal._n 107._o 42._o psal._n 51._o 13._o amos_n 5._o 10._o mal._n 2._o ciccro_fw-la act._n 5._o in_o verrem_fw-la juvenal_n numb_a 15._o 5._o leu._n 4._o 35._o jer._n 7._o 16._o 20._o exod._n 30._o 40._o ecclus._n micah_n 3._o 11._o jer._n 7._o 19_o mich._n 3._o 7._o levit_fw-la 4._o numb_a 15._o vide_fw-la origen_n homil_n 2._o in_o levit._n geoponic_fw-la l._n 14._o epist._n 148._o origen_n centrahaere_n verbi_fw-la non_fw-la son●_n sed_fw-la sensu_fw-la sapiunt_fw-la hilar._n isid_n orig._n l._n 6._o c._n 14._o john_n 10._o 37._o rom._n 12._o 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eurip._n lib._n 4._o adv_n parmen_fw-la ecclus._n 6._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d