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A31383 The holy court in five tomes, the first treating of motives which should excite men of qualitie to Christian perfection, the second of the prelate, souldier, states-man, and ladie, the third of maxims of Christianitie against prophanesse ..., the fourth containing the command of reason over the passions, the fifth now first published in English and much augemented according to the last edition of the authour containing the lives of the most famous and illustrious courtiers taken out of the Old and New Testament and other modern authours / written in French by Nicholas Caussin ; translated into English by Sr. T.H. and others. Caussin, Nicolas, 1583-1651.; T. H. (Thomas Hawkins), Sir, d. 1640. 1650 (1650) Wing C1547; ESTC R27249 2,279,942 902

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miserable_a creature_n thy_o house_n smoke_v it_o will_v burn_v thou_o when_o thou_o be_v asleep_a but_o he_o have_v no_o ear_n and_o when_o this_o serpentine_a soul_n shall_v be_v snatch_v away_o by_o a_o sudden_a death_n if_o you_o search_v into_o the_o ash_n of_o his_o body_n there_o you_o shall_v yet_o find_v fire_n the_o earth_n which_o shall_v cover_v he_o shall_v be_v furious_a et_fw-la erit_fw-la terra_fw-la ejus_fw-la in_o picem_fw-la ardentem_fw-la nocte_fw-la &_o die_v non_fw-la extinguetur_fw-la in_fw-la sempiternum_fw-la ascendet_fw-la fumus_fw-la ejus_fw-la isai_n 34._o festuca_fw-la in_o oculo_fw-la ira_fw-la est_fw-la trabs_fw-la verò_fw-la odium_fw-la festuca_fw-la initium_fw-la trabis_fw-la est_fw-la nam_fw-la trabs_fw-la quando_fw-la nascitur_fw-la prius_fw-la festuca_fw-la est_fw-la rigan●o_fw-la festucam_fw-la deducis_fw-la ad_fw-la trabem_fw-la alendo_fw-la iram_fw-la malis_fw-la suspicionibus_fw-la perducis_fw-la ad_fw-la odium_fw-la august_n l._n de_fw-fr 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