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A45343 A sermon preached at St. Botolphs Aldersgate, at the funeral of Robert Huntington, Esq., who died April 21 and was buried April 30, 1684 by Timothy Hall ... Hall, Timothy, 1637?-1690. 1684 (1684) Wing H443; ESTC R11203 24,130 48

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truth_n 1._o prop._n man_n in_o his_o first_o creation_n be_v not_o make_v mortal_a or_o corruptible_a adam_n fall_v into_o a_o die_a condition_n in_o the_o day_n that_o he_o rebel_v against_o the_o crown_n and_o dignity_n of_o heaven_n i_o know_v the_o question_n be_v much_o controvert_v whether_o adam_n be_v make_v immortal_a or_o no_o this_o be_v to_o make_v death_n necessary_a before_o sin_n which_o the_o apostle_n contradict_v when_o he_o write_v rom._n 5._o that_o by_o one_o man_n sin_n death_n come_v into_o the_o world_n and_o rom._n 6.23_o the_o wage_n of_o sin_n be_v death_n death_n be_v the_o fruit_n and_o effect_n of_o our_o disobedience_n and_o pass_v upon_o all_o inasmuch_o as_o all_o have_v sin_v rom._n 5.12_o 2._o prop._n all_o man_n be_v now_o subject_a unto_o death_n as_o it_o be_v penal_a the_o first_o sentence_n reach_v all_o mankind_n gen._n 2.17_o most_o man_n look_v on_o death_n as_o the_o common_a lot_n and_o condition_n of_o mankind_n result_v from_o their_o 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