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A06514 A treatice co[n]teining certain meditatio[n]s of trew & perfect consolatio[n], ... Written in the Frenche tung, and translated in to Englishe by Robert Fills; Tessaradecas consolatoria pro laborantibus et oneratis. English Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Fills, Robert, fl. 1562. 1564 (1564) STC 16988.5; ESTC S118884 48,129 154

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count_n of_o they_o fo._n 4._o a._n li._n 7._o euelles_fw-la be_v not_o measure_v according_a to_o the_o fact_n but_o after_o thoppinion_n fo._n 4._o a._n l_o 13_o euelles_fw-la what_o soever_o one_o suffer_v none_o can_v be_v sure_o exempt_v from_o they_o fo._n 5._o b._n li._n 19_o euelles_fw-la common_a to_o all_o man_n fo._n 6._o b._n li._n 13._o euelles_fw-la to_o come_v be_v most_o to_o be_v fear_v fo._n 6._o b._n li._n 18._o euellꝭ_n of_o adversary_n let_v by_o god_n foyes_n 14._o b._n li._n 7_o euellꝭ_n of_o other_o shall_v make_v our_o own_o seem_v light_a foyes_n 17._o b._n li._n 25_o euelles_fw-la and_o sorrow_n be_v mollify_v ●●_o 18._o b._n li._n 4_o euelles_fw-la of_o the_o soul_n be_v worse_o than_o the_o evelles_fw-la of_o the_o body_n foe_z 36._o a_o li._n 5._o example_n of_o evel_a liver_n do_v help_v to_o our_o advertise_v mentes_fw-la foe_fw-mi 43._o b._n li._n 14_o f_o feeble_n and_o weak_a have_v most_o need_n of_o comfort_n in_o death_n foe_n 6._o b._n li._n 11_o felicity_n of_o christian_n through_o affliction_n and_o death_n fo._n 33._o b._n li._n 15._o g_o god_n do_v chasten_v we_o benign_o discover_v unto_o we_o the_o least_o evelles_fw-la foe_n 1._o b._n l._n 1_o goliath_n be_v the_o figure_n of_o sin_n fo._n 38._o a._n li._n 14._o goodness_n that_o god_n do_v to_o the_o wicked_a move_v we_o to_o consider_v his_o goodness_n to_o the_o good_a foe_n 47._o a._n li._n 14._o goodꝭ_n of_o y_fw-fr e_o wicked_a be_v spurrꝭ_n to_o move_v we_o to_o trust_v in_o the_o invisible_a goodꝭ_n &_o set_v light_n by_o the_o evelles_fw-la which_o we_o do_v suffer_v fo._n 47._o b._n li._n 8._o good_n that_o a_o man_n have_v in_o his_o own_o person_n can_v be_v number_v fo._n 27._o b._n li._n 15._o good_n of_o the_o spirit_n more_o excellent_a than_o the_o good_n of_o honour_n fame_n etc._n etc._n fo._n 28._o b._n li._n 9_o h_o hermit_n complain_v because_o he_o be_v one_o year_n without_o trouble_n fo._n 21._o b._n li._n 7._o high_a degree_n be_v subsect_v to_o many_o temptation_n fo._n 14._o b._n li._n 15._o honourable_a estate_n engender_v fear_n fo._n 5._o a._n li._n 13._o horror_n of_o disease_a personne_n fo._n 16._o b._n li._n 12._o hurtful_a thingꝭ_n y_o it_o seem_v to_o hurt_v y_z e_o believer_n do_v they_o most_o good_a fo._n 59_o a._n li._n 3._o i_o ignomini_fw-la mother_n of_o glory_n fo._n 24._o a._n li._n 20._o ingratitude_n not_o to_o esteem_v wurthe_o the_o benefit_n of_o god_n fo._n 13._o b._n line_n 11._o injury_n sanctify_v by_o christ_n foyes_n 24_o b._n li._n ●_o justice_n of_o god_n be_v but_o one_o fo._n 13._o a._n l._n 16_o l_o lot_n be_v ●exed_v by_o the_o wurke_n of_o the_o wicked_a foyes_n 16._o a_o li_n 15_o lot_n increase_v in_o righteousness_n through_o suffer_v wicked_a example_n of_o the_o sodomite_n foyes_n 48._o b._n li._n 13_o love_n of_o righteousness_n be_v the_o love_n of_o death_n foe_n 36._o b._n li._n 25_o m_n malady_n hurtig_fw-ge the_o body_n be_v name_v ccc_o foyes_n 5._o a._n li._n 2_o 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