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A40889 Fifty sermons preached at the parish-church of St. Mary Magdalene Milk-street, London, and elsewhere whereof twenty on the Lords Prayer / by ... Anthony Farindon ... ; the third and last volume, not till now printed ; to which is adjoyned two sermons preached by a friend of the authors, upon his being silenced.; Sermons. Selections Farindon, Anthony, 1598-1658. 1674 (1674) Wing F432; ESTC R306 820,003 604

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about_o we_o in_o all_o our_o path_n that_o we_o be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o st._n peter_n speak_v purblind_a strike_v with_o gross_a darkness_n like_o the_o sodomite_n to_o stumble_v at_o the_o threshold_n nay_o in_o montes_fw-la impingere_fw-la as_o st._n augustine_n speak_v run_v upon_o evil_n never_o so_o palpable_a visible_a mountainous_a evil_n and_o see_v they_o not_o enter_v the_o gate_n of_o our_o enemy_n as_o friend_n and_o think_v ourselves_o at_o dothan_n when_o we_o be_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o samaria_n we_o read_v that_o the_o man_n of_o the_o first_o age_n know_v not_o what_o death_n mean_v or_o what_o it_o be_v to_o die_v but_o fall_v to_o the_o ground_n as_o man_n ly-down_a upon_o their_o bed_n when_o they_o be_v weary_a or_o rather_o fall_v to_o the_o ground_n like_o beast_n not_o think_v of_o death_n or_o what_o may_v follow_v and_o indeed_o the_o reason_n why_o we_o fall_v so_o often_o into_o evil_n be_v because_o we_o see_v it_o not_o know_v 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