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A67744 A Christian library, or, A pleasant and plentiful paradise of practical divinity in 37 treatises of sundry and select subjects ... / by R. Younge ... Younge, Richard. 1660 (1660) Wing Y145; ESTC R34770 701,461 713

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2.21_o again_o the_o disciple_n say_v christ_n be_v not_o above_o his_o master_n but_o whosoever_o will_v be_v a_o perfect_a disciple_n shall_v be_v as_o his_o master_n luke_n 6.40_o yea_o saint_n paul_n make_v this_o the_o most_o certain_a testimony_n and_o seal_n of_o his_o adoption_n h●re_o and_o glory_n ●fterwards_o his_o word_n be_v these_o have_v deliver_v that_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n hear_v witness_n with_o our_o spirit_n that_o we_o be_v the_o child_n of_o god_n and_o ●●●ving_v add_v if_o we_o be_v child_n we_o be_v also_o heir_n even_o the_o heir_n of_o god_n and_o heir_n annex_v with_o christ_n if_o so_o be_v that_o we_o suffer_v with_o he_o that_o we_o may_v also_o be_v glorify_v with_o he_o make_v suffering_n as_o a_o principal_a condition_n annex_v which_o be_v as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v it_o be_v impossible_a we_o shall_v be_v glorify_v with_o he_o except_o we_o first_o suffer_v with_o he_o rom._n 8.16_o 17._o whereupon_o have_v in_o another_o place_n reckon_v up_o 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a_o poor_a martyr_n in_o queen_n mary_n day_n for_o a_o great_a favour_n forsooth_o that_o he_o shall_v put_v his_o leg_n in_o the_o same_o hole_n of_o the_o stock_n that_o john_n philpot_n have_v do_v before_o and_o yet_o thy_o suffering_n as_o they_o be_v nothing_o to_o what_o thy_o sin_n have_v deserve_v so_o they_o be_v nothing_o to_o what_o thy_o saviour_n have_v suffer_v for_o he_o endure_v many_o a_o little_a death_n all_o his_o life_n long_o for_o thy_o sake_n and_o at_o length_n that_o painful_a and_o curse_a death_n of_o the_o cross_n to_o say_v nothing_o of_o the_o soul_n of_o his_o suffering_n which_o his_o soul_n then_o suffer_v when_o he_o sweat_v clo●s_n of_o blood_n in_o the_o garden_n now_o why_o must_v we_o pledge_v our_o saviour_n and_o sill_z up_o the_o measure_n of_o his_o suffering_n not_o that_o christ_n suffering_n be_v incomplete_a nor_o to_o satisfy_v god_n justice_n for_o sin_n for_o that_o be_v do_v already_o once_o for_o all_o by_o he_o who_o bear_v our_o 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