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A15845 The drunkard's character, or, A true drunkard with such sinnes as raigne in him viz. pride. Ignorance. Enmity. Atheisme. Idlenesse. Adultery. Murther. with many the like. Lively set forth in their colours. Together with Compleat armour against evill society. The which may serve also for a common-place-booke of the most usuall sinnes. By R. Iunius. Younge, Richard. 1638 (1638) STC 26111; ESTC S120598 366,817 906

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16._o i_o need_v not_o tell_v you_o what_o prayer_n have_v do_v as_o that_o it_o have_v shut_v up_o the_o heaven_n from_o rain_v and_o open_v they_o again_o make_v the_o sun_n stand_v still_o in_o the_o firmament_n one_o while_n go_v back_o another_o divide_v the_o sea_n and_o make_v it_o stand_v as_o a_o wall_n fetch_v fire_n and_o hailstone_n from_o heaven_n throw_v down_o the_o wale_n of_o jerico_fw-la subdue_v kingdom_n stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o lion_n quench_v the_o violence_n of_o fire_n raise_v the_o dead_a let_v out_o of_o prison_n etc._n etc._n only_o see_v what_o it_o have_v do_v in_o this_o very_a case_n be_v not_o abraham_n prayer_n so_o powerful_a that_o
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