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A06676 Paraphrasticall and devout discourses vpon the Psalme Miserere, composed by Ch. M. Kellison, Matthew. 1635 (1635) STC 17130; ESTC S102830 80,842 304

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not_o do_v so_o great_a a_o work_n as_o he_o that_o convert_v a_o soul_n but_o of_o penance_n and_o the_o effect_n of_o it_o i_o shall_v not_o need_v in_o this_o epistle_n to_o use_v more_o word_n it_o be_v the_o principal_a subject_n of_o my_o ensue_a paraphrastical_a discourse_n and_o therefore_o here_o i_o shall_v take_v my_o leave_n of_o my_o reader_n and_o desire_v he_o whether_o he_o be_v catholicque_n or_o not_o catholicque_n to_o take_v in_o good_a part_n this_o my_o little_a labour_n intend_v and_o take_v for_o the_o one_o as_o well_o as_o for_o the_o other_o and_o if_o he_o take_v profit_n by_o it_o let_v he_o thank_v god_n the_o author_n of_o all_o that_o be_v good_a if_o through_o my_o default_n it_o move_v he_o not_o to_o that_o repentance_n and_o amendment_n of_o life_n which_o i_o intend_v i_o must_v desire_v he_o to_o pardon_v i_o i_o be_v not_o so_o able_a as_o willing_a approbatio_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la coronam_fw-la hanc_fw-la in_o qu●_n nihil_fw-la quod_fw-la fidei_fw-la catholicae_fw-la splendori_fw-la morumue_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la integritati_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la consentaneum_fw-la de_fw-la speciosissimis_fw-la psalmi_n quinquagefimi_fw-la floribus_fw-la poenitentium_fw-la principis_fw-la memoriae_fw-la scitè_fw-fr contexuit_fw-la pius_fw-la hic_fw-la paraphrastes_n ita_fw-la sentio_fw-la ed._n st._n s._n t._n d._n approbatio_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la paraphrasi_fw-la psalmi_n quinquagesimi_fw-la fidei_fw-la catholicae_fw-la aut_fw-la bonis_fw-la moribus_fw-la contrarium_fw-la sed_fw-la plurima_fw-la ad_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la excitandam_fw-la &_o iwandam_fw-la conducenntia_fw-la qua_fw-la propter_fw-la utiliter_fw-la excudi_fw-la poterit_fw-la actum_fw-la duaci_fw-la die_v 30._o martij_fw-la 1635._o georgius_n colvenerius_fw-la sacrae_fw-la theol._n doctor_n &_o regius_n ordinariusque_fw-la professor_n duacensis_fw-la academiae_fw-la cancellarius_n &_o librorum_fw-la censor_n paraphrastical_a and_o devout_n 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