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A57376 The Christians advantage both by life and death discovered in a sermon preached at the funeral of that faithful and eminent servant of the Lord, Joseph Jackson, late Esq. and alderman of the city of Bristol, on the 17th day of January, an. Dom. 1661, by Fran. Roberts ... Roberts, Francis, 1609-1675. 1662 (1662) Wing R1582; ESTC R32381 25,893 44

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ad_fw-la svi_fw-la emulationem_fw-la accendant_fw-la erasm._n in_o epist._n ad_fw-la archi._n tolet._n praefix_v augustini_fw-la operibus_fw-la p._n ult_n ult_n quo_fw-la semel_fw-la est_fw-la imbura_fw-la recens_fw-la servabit_fw-la odorem_fw-la testa_n diu_fw-la horat._n horat._n illu_z nostra_fw-la pagella_fw-la decanter_n illu_z nostrae_fw-la literae_fw-la sonent_fw-la quem_fw-la corpore_fw-la non_fw-la valemus_fw-la recordatione_fw-la teneamus_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la quo_fw-la loqui_fw-la non_fw-la possumus_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la loqui_fw-la nunquam_fw-la desinamus_fw-la hieron_n in_o epitaph_n nepot_n p._n 27._o in_o fin_n tom_fw-mi 1._o 1._o psal._n 144.15_o 144.15_o rev._n 3.17_o 3.17_o sic_fw-la joan._n calvin_n in_o comment_n ad_fw-la 1_o cor._n 3.21_o 22_o 23._o 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o est_fw-la adminicula_fw-la vobis_fw-la destinata_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_fw-la &_o à_fw-la christo_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la subvehamitis_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la adminiculis_fw-la haereatis_fw-la ita_fw-la enim_fw-la fieret_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la vestra_fw-la essont_fw-fr illa_fw-la sed_fw-la illorum_fw-la potius_fw-la essetis_fw-la bez_n in_o annot._n ad_fw-la 1_o cor._n 3.22_o 3.22_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d oecum_fw-la in_o comment_n ad_fw-la 1_o cor._n 3._o doctr._n f_z joh._n in_o chrysost._n in_o 1_o cor._n 3._o hom._n 10._o p_o 99●_n d.e._n d.e._n chrysost._n ibid._n ibid._n rom._n 14.7_o 8_o 9_o 9_o ephes._n 2.1.5_o 2.1.5_o mat._n 25.46_o 25.46_o job_n 2.4_o 2.4_o vita_fw-la est_fw-la mansio_fw-la animae_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la la●g_v ●_o ●_o vivere_fw-la viventibus_fw-la est_fw-la esse_fw-la esse_fw-la eccles._n 12.7_o 12.7_o eccles._n 3.21_o 3.21_o mat._n 6.9_o 11.32_o 33._o 33._o rome_n 8_o 32._o 32._o christus_fw-la iple_n est_fw-la donum_fw-la dei_fw-la primarium_fw-la &_o maximè_fw-la principale_a cetera_fw-la omne_fw-la sunt_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la accessoria_fw-la accessorium_fw-la autem_fw-la sequitur_fw-la principaie_v s.s._n s.s._n 2_o pet._n 1.4_o with_o 11_o tim._n 4.8_o mat._n 6.33_o 6.33_o fidelis_n deus_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la nostrum_fw-la debitorem_fw-la fecit_fw-la non_fw-la aliquid_fw-la à_fw-la nobis_fw-la accipiendo_fw-la sed_fw-la ranta_o nobis_fw-la promittendo_fw-la paruin_n ●rat_fw-la promissin_n oriam_fw-la scriptose_fw-la reneri_fw-la voluir_n veluti_fw-la faciens_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la chirographum_fw-la promissorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d aug._n enarr●tt_n in_o psal._n 109._o ad_fw-la init_fw-la tom._n 8._o 8._o non_fw-la tam_fw-la vivunt_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la sunt_fw-la s●n._n s●n._n psal._n 78_o 27._o to_o 32._o &_o 106.14_o 15._o 15._o tit._n 1.15_o 1.15_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o cor._n 6._o ●_o ●_o act._n 26.18_o 26.18_o rom._n 8.29_o 30._o 30._o christus_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ille_fw-la qui_fw-la merces_fw-la salutis_fw-la caelitùs_fw-la venalts●nobis_fw-la promit_fw-la &_o offer_v in_o evangelio_n non_fw-la precio_fw-la vel_fw-la hie●itis_fw-la parandas_fw-la sed_fw-la precibus_fw-la &_o fide_fw-la gratis_o à_fw-la deo_fw-la accipiendas_fw-la hoc_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la christi_fw-la extra_fw-la quod_fw-la nulla_fw-la est_fw-la salu●_n f●lluntur_fw-la ergo_fw-la qui_fw-la à_fw-la sanct●s_n salutem_fw-la petunt_fw-la impostor_n est_fw-fr papa_n qui_fw-la indulgentias_fw-la &_o goelum_fw-la ●uro_fw-la vendit_fw-la d._n pa._n ●us_a in_o comment_n ad_fw-la apocalypse_n c_o 3_o ver_fw-la 18._o 18._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o thes._n ●_o 3_o 3_o fili_fw-la memorare_fw-la novissima_fw-la tua_fw-la &_o in_o aeternum_fw-la non_fw-la peccabis_fw-la revole_fw-it primordia_fw-la attend_v media_n memorare_fw-la novissima_fw-la tua_fw-la haec_fw-la pudorem_fw-la adducunt_fw-la ista_fw-la dolorem_fw-la ingerunt_fw-la illa_fw-la metum_fw-la incatiunt_fw-la cogita_fw-la unde_fw-la veneris_fw-la &_o erub●sce_n ubi_fw-la sis_fw-la &_o ingemisce_fw-mi q●ò_fw-la vadas_fw-la &_o contremisce_fw-mi d._n bernard_n serm._n de_fw-fr primordiis_fw-la &_o novissimis_fw-la nostris_fw-la ad_fw-la be_v p_o 376._o antuerp_n 1616._o 1616._o heb._n 9.27_o 9.27_o heb._n 2.15_o 2.15_o job_n 18.14_o 18.14_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aristot._n aristot._n heb._n 2.14_o 15._o phil._n 1.23_o 1.23_o luk._n 2.29_o 2.29_o 2_o cor._n 5._o ●●_o 2_o 3_o 4._o 4._o ecce_fw-la favas_fw-la mellis_fw-la st●llat_n de_fw-fr ventre_fw-fr leonis_fw-la s.s._n s.s._n intelligeres_fw-la il_fw-fr um_o non_fw-la emori_fw-la sed_fw-la emigrare_fw-la &_o mutare_fw-la amicos_fw-la non_fw-la relinquere_fw-la hier._n in_o epit._n nepot_n tom_fw-mi 1._o p._n 25._o a._n basil._n 1553._o 1553._o fiducia_n christianorum_fw-la resurrectio_fw-la mortuorum_fw-la tertul._n lib._n de_fw-la resur_n carnis_fw-la cap._n 1._o p._n 314._o fra●e●●●_n 1597._o 1597._o rev._n 11_o 12._o 12._o ah_o we_o want_v christ_n himself_o and_o i_o shall_v refuse_v heaven_n if_o christ_n be_v not_o there_o take_v christ_n away_o from_o heaven_n and_o it_o be_v but_o a_o poor_a unheartsom_a dark_a wasle_o dwelling_n heaven_n without_o christ_n shall_v look_v like_o the_o direful_a land_n of_o death_n mansioris_fw-la be_v but_o as_o place_n of_o brier_n and_o thorn_n without_o christ_n therefore_o i_o will_v have_v heaven_n for_o christ_n and_o not_o christ_n for_o heaven_n formal_a blessedness_n be_v create_v but_o objective_a happiness_n be_v a_o increated_a godhead_n etc._n etc._n s._n rutherford_n in_o his_o christ_n die_v etc._n etc._n epist._n to_o the_o reader_n p._n 10_o 11._o 11._o s._n r._n in_o his_o treat_n of_o the_o covenant_n etc._n etc._n p●●_n ●●_z 1._o chap_n 8._o p_o 47._o 47._o 2_o king_n 2.11_o 2.11_o psal._n 73._o throughout_o throughout_o christiani_n sumus_fw-la beati_fw-la sumus_fw-la tam_fw-la morientes_fw-la quaàm_fw-la viventes_fw-la s.s._n s.s._n rome_n 14.7_o 8_o 9_o 9_o rom._n 8.28_o 8.28_o a_o alderman_n of_o the_o city_n and_o have_v be_v mayor_n in_o an._n 1651._o 1651._o multi_fw-la laudantur_fw-la ubi_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la dum_fw-la torquentur_fw-la ubi_fw-la sunt_fw-la au●_n au●_n illa_fw-la quidem_fw-la anima_fw-la in_o societatem_fw-la fidelium_fw-la recepta_fw-la laudes_fw-la nec_fw-la curate_n nec_fw-la quaerit_fw-la humanas_fw-la tu_fw-la imitationem_fw-la ego_fw-la laudem_fw-la quanquam_fw-la sicut_fw-la supra_fw-la dixi_fw-la laudem_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la jam_fw-la non_fw-la quaerat_fw-la imitationem_fw-la verò_fw-la tuam_fw-la tantum_fw-la quaerit_fw-la etc._n etc._n august_n in_o epist_n 125._o p_o 637._o c.d._n &_o 638._o d._n &_o 639_o a._n tom._n 2._o basil._n 1569._o 1569._o jam._n 5.17_o jon_n 4.1.3.8_o 9_o 9_o nam_fw-la vitiis_fw-la nemo_fw-la sine_fw-la nascitur_fw-la optimus_fw-la ille_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la minimis_fw-la urgetur_fw-la horat._n horat._n act._n 10.2_o 10.2_o joh._n 1.47_o 1.47_o psal._n 101.2_o 101.2_o josh._n 24.15_o 24.15_o job_n 1.1_o 1.1_o gen._n 18.19_o 18.19_o gen._n 6.9_o 6.9_o gen._n 5.22_o 24._o 24._o volvuntur_fw-la per_fw-la ora_fw-la lachrymae_fw-la &_o obfirmato_fw-la animo_fw-la non_fw-la queo_fw-la dolorem_fw-la dissimulare_fw-la quem_fw-la patior_fw-la hi●ronym_n in_o epitaph_n n●pot_n p._n 25._o tom_n ●_o ●_o nec_fw-la doleas_fw-la quod_fw-la talem_fw-la amiseris_fw-la sed_fw-la gaudeas_fw-la quòd_fw-la talem_fw-la habueris_fw-la hicronym_n ad_fw-la h●l●odor_n in_o ep●t_n n●potian_n p._n 23._o tom_n 1._o 1._o placita_fw-la enim_fw-la crat_fw-mi deo_fw-la anima_fw-la illius_fw-la &_o in_o brevi_fw-la spatio_fw-la tempora_fw-la multa_fw-la complevit_fw-la hie._n 〈◊〉_d in_o epitaph_n lucinii_n ad_fw-la theodoram_fw-la p._n 195._o b_o tom_fw-mi 1._o basil._n 1553._o 1553._o luk._n 23.46_o joh._n 19_o 30._o act._n 7_o 59_o 60._o
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