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A95353 Thanatoktasia. Or, Death disarmed: and the grave swallowed up in victory. A sermon preached at St. Maries in Cambridge, Decemb. 22. 1653. At the publick funerals of Dr. Hill, late Master of Trinity Colledge in that University. With a short account of his life and death. To which are added two sermons more upon the same text, preached afterward in the same place. / By Anthony Tuckney, D.D. Master of St. Johns Colledge in Cambridge. Tuckney, Anthony, 1599-1670. 1654 (1654) Wing T3218; Thomason E1523_2 63,890 147

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24._o judg._n 16._o 23_o 24._o they_o have_v get_v samson_n into_o their_o power_n praise_v their_o god_n and_o offer_v a_o great_a sacrifice_n to_o dagon_n and_o rejoice_v that_o he_o have_v deliver_v their_o enemy_n into_o their_o hand_n who_o have_v destroy_v their_o country_n and_o slay_v many_o of_o they_o then_o what_o lebanon_n be_v sufficient_a to_o burn_v 10._o isa_n 40._o 16._o psa_fw-la 50._o 10._o or_o what_o cattle_n on_o a_o thousand_o kill_v sufficient_a for_o a_o burn_a sacrifice_n what_o hecatomb_n of_o praise_n and_o service_n of_o whatever_o we_o be_v have_v can_v do_v or_o suffer_v be_v due_a to_o our_o great_a god_n and_o saviour_n who_o have_v deliver_v the_o destroyer_n of_o our_o both_o body_n and_o soul_n into_o our_o hand_n and_o we_o out_o of_o he_o who_o have_v slay_v not_o only_o many_o of_o we_o but_o either_o have_v or_o will_v make_v havoc_n of_o we_o all_o heap_n upon_o heap_n far_o more_o and_o great_a than_o ever_o samson_n do_v of_o 1._o judg._n 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