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Occasional sermons preached by the Most Reverend Father in God, William Sancroft ... ; with some remarks of his life and conversation, in a letter to a friend.
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Sancroft, William, 1617-1693.
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1694
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Wing S561; ESTC R35157
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be_v a_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d god_n will_v not_o make_v a_o final_a end_n now_o no_o a_o remnant_n shall_v be_v leave_v as_o the_o shake_n of_o a_o olive-tree_n and_o as_o the_o glean_v grape_n when_o the_o vintage_n be_v do_v chap._n xxiv_o 13._o nor_o shall_v they_o be_v only_o preserve_v vulg._n but_o restore_v too_o the_o lord_n god_n will_v in_o time_n wipe_v away_o every_o tear_n from_o off_o all_o face_n and_o at_o last_o swallow_v up_o this_o death_n too_o in_o victory_n chap._n twenty-five_o 8._o he_o will_v turn_v their_o captivity_n and_o rebuild_v their_o city_n and_o their_o temple_n too_o and_o all_o this_o shall_v be_v as_o it_o be_v life_n from_o the_o dead_a 19_o as_o the_o apostle_n call_v it_o so_o miraculous_a a_o re-establishment_n at_o a_o juncture_n so_o improbable_a when_o they_o be_v destroy_v out_o of_o all_o ken_n of_o recovery_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o kind_n of_o resurrection_n twelve_o and_o so_o like_o the_o great_a one_o that_o it_o be_v describe_v in_o the_o very_a proper_a phrase_n of_o that_o both_o by_o the_o other_o prophet_n and_o by_o we_o too_o a_o little_a below_o the_o text_n thy_o dead_a shall_v live_v again_o 19_o my_o dead_a body_n shall_v arise_v awake_v and_o sing_v you_o that_o dwell_v in_o the_o dust_n etc._n etc._n and_o then_o which_o be_v of_o near_o concern_v to_o we_o and_o to_o ouâ_n present_a business_n the_o prophet_n direct_v the_o remnant_n that_o shall_v escape_v how_o to_o behave_v themselves_o under_o so_o great_a a_o desolation_n and_o he_o contrive_v his_o direction_n into_o a_o threefold_a song_n that_o they_o may_v be_v the_o better_o remark_v and_o remember_v tune_v and_o fit_v to_o the_o three_o great_a moment_n of_o the_o event_n the_o first_o to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o ruin_n itself_o chap._n xxiv_o where_o have_v set_v before_o their_o eye_n the_o sad_a prospect_n of_o the_o holy_a city_n and_o house_n of_o god_n in_o flame_n when_o thus_o it_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o midst_n 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