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A79826 The abuse of Gods grace: discovered in the kinds, causes, punishments, symptoms, cures, differences, cautions, and other practical improvements thereof. Proposed as a seasonable check to the wanton libertinisme of the present age. By Nicholas Claget, minister of the Gospel at Edmundsbury in Suffolk, M.A. of Magdalen Hall, Oxon. Clagett, Nicholas, 1610?-1662.; Wilkinson, Henry, 1616-1690. 1659 (1659) Wing C4368; Thomason E978_2; ESTC R207811 268,515 321

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mittitur_fw-la ad_fw-la ludum_fw-la literarium_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la vocat_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la medicum_fw-la etc._n etc._n musculus_fw-la one_o be_v call_v to_o a_o bath_n he_o be_v not_o call_v to_o abide_v in_o his_o impure_a distemper_n but_o to_o purge_v they_o out_o as_o if_o a_o boy_n be_v call_v to_o school_v he_o be_v not_o send_v thither_o for_o barbarous_a rudeness_n b●t_o to_o get_v learning_n or_o as_o he_o that_o send_v for_o the_o physician_n do_v not_o call_v for_o he_o for_o si●kness_n but_o health_n to_o remove_v not_o to_o retain_v his_o disease_n such_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o our_o call_n in_o jesus_n christ_n to_o accommodate_v ourselves_o to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n and_o not_o to_o wander_v from_o the_o scope_n of_o our_o call_n hence_o the_o apostle_n mention_n christian_n call_v as_o argumentative_a of_o a_o strict_a life_n and_o regular_a conformity_n to_o the_o gospel_n precept_n sect_n 5._o 5._o consideration_n a_o lively_a sense_n of_o the_o 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