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several_a sermon_n upon_o death_n and_o eternal_a judgement_n by_o william_n bates_n d._n d._n in_o octavo_n the_o great_a duty_n of_o resignation_n to_o the_o divine_a will_n in_o affliction_n enforce_v from_o the_o example_n of_o our_o suffer_a saviour_n by_o william_n bates_n d._n d._n in_o octavo_n octavo_n mark_v 3._o 5._o vers._n 24_o 26_o 27_o 28_o 29._o 29._o 1_o john_n 2._o 16._o 16._o 2_o pet._n 1._o 4._o 4._o hos._n 11._o 4._o rom._n 2._o 2._o psal._n 69._o 22._o ephes._n 2._o james_n 4._o 1._o prov._n 13._o 10._o 2_o king_n 8._o 12_o 13._o psal._n 10._o 4._o ezek._n 28._o 2._o prov._n 30._o 9_o deut._n 6._o 12._o an_fw-mi non_fw-la paena_fw-la satis_fw-la est_fw-la te_fw-la non_fw-la amare_fw-la aug._n conf._n psal._n 55._o 19_o deut._n 32._o 15_o deut._n 29._o 19_o 20._o 2_o cor._n 4._o ephes._n 2._o 2._o 2_o tim._n 2._o l._n james_n 1._o 14_o 15._o 15._o nec_fw-la mora_fw-la quod_fw-la pontus_fw-la quod_fw-la terra_fw-la quod_fw-la educat_fw-la aer_fw-la poscit_fw-la ezek._n 16._o 49._o 49._o ut_fw-la remos_fw-la agere_fw-la possint_fw-la hastas_fw-la tractare_fw-la non_fw-la possint_fw-la possint_fw-la haec_fw-la enim_fw-la conditio_fw-la superiorum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la quicquid_fw-la faciunt_fw-la praecipere_fw-la videantur_fw-la &_o pernitiosissimus_fw-la est_fw-la malae_fw-la rei_fw-la maximus_fw-la cuique_fw-la author_n quintil._n ipsa_fw-la vitia_fw-la religiosa_fw-la sunt_fw-la atque_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la non_fw-la vitantur_fw-la sed_fw-la coluntur_fw-la lact._n lact._n non_fw-la i_o potes_fw-la uti_fw-la amico_fw-la &_o adulatore_fw-la photion_n antipatri_fw-la antipatri_fw-la nullis_fw-la vitiis_fw-la desunt_fw-la pretiosa_fw-la nomina_fw-la plin._n gal._n 5._o judas_n judas_n nec_fw-la te_fw-la posse_fw-la career_n velim_fw-la gen._n 6._o mark_v 6._o 5._o act_n 7._o john_n 3._o 20._o 2_o pet._n 3._o 5._o titus_n 1._o 15._o psal._n 57_o 10._o ephes._n 4._o 17_o 18_o 19_o 2_o pet._n 2._o 12_o 13._o 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arist._n l._n 7_o &c_n &c_n c._n 3._o 3._o omnia_fw-la torpent_fw-la omne_fw-la rigent_fw-la sola_fw-la feritas_fw-la calet_fw-la isa_n 44._o 16_o 17._o heb._n 4._o 2._o prov._n 5._o 11_o 12_o 13._o exod._n 9_o 27._o 28._o jer._n 2._o 24_o mat._n 6._o 24._o 1_o cor._n 1._o 23._o gal._n 5._o 11._o rev._n 21._o 8._o 2_o tim._n 2._o 11_o 12._o 1_o tim._n 6._o 13._o 1_o joh._n 5._o min._n fel._n rom._n 8._o 18._o heb._n 3._o 12._o 1_o joh._n 4._o 18._o 1_o joh._n 4._o 19_o euseb._n lib._n 6._o mat._n 10._o 33._o heb._n 3._o 7._o in_o cane_n sagacitas_fw-la prima_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la investigare_fw-la debet_fw-la feras_fw-la cursus_fw-la si_fw-la consequi_fw-la audacia_fw-la si_fw-la mordere_fw-la &_o invadere_fw-la id_fw-la in_o quoque_fw-la optimum_fw-la est_fw-la cui_fw-la nascitur_fw-la quo_fw-la censetur_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la optimum_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la ratio_fw-la haec_fw-la animalia_fw-la antecedit_fw-la deos_fw-la sequitur_fw-la senec._n epist._n 76._o luk._n 12._o 20._o 20._o morto_fw-la all_o piacer_fw-la dell_n '_o immortal_a svo_fw-la nome_fw-mi prov._n 1._o 22._o isa._n 1._o 1._o pretium_fw-la mirantes_fw-la accipiunt_fw-la tacit_fw-la jer._n 17._o 11._o dan._n 12._o 2._o 1_o tim._n 6._o 9_o prov._n 1_o deut._n 32._o 6._o rom._n 11._o mat._n 5._o rom._n 11._o 20_o 21._o prov._n 1._o 24_o 25_o 26_o 27_o 28_o 29._o psal._n 78._o 34_o 36_o 37._o 37._o stat_n anceps_fw-la medice_fw-la non_fw-la videt_fw-la bonum_fw-la quod_fw-la promittat_fw-la timet_fw-la malum_fw-la pronunciare_fw-la ne_fw-la terreat_fw-la modestam_fw-la tamen_fw-la istam_fw-la concipit_fw-la sententiam_fw-la deus_fw-la bone_fw-la omne_fw-la potest_fw-la orate_fw-la pro_fw-la illo_fw-la aug._n ezek._n 33._o 11_o ezek._n 18._o 21_o mat._n 5._o 46._o deut._n 32._o rom._n 2._o 2._o deus_fw-la illum_fw-la ad_fw-la solium_fw-la evexit_fw-la &_o iste_fw-la deum_fw-la ad_fw-la boves_fw-la demisit_fw-la pet._n mart._n deut._n 29._o rev._n 18._o 7._o psal._n 106._o 4._o psal._n 50._o nahum_n 1._o 3._o rom._n 9_o 22._o isa._n 29._o 10._o psal._n 49._o eccles._n 7._o psal._n 35._o 6._o horrenda_fw-la via_fw-la tenebrae_fw-la &_o lubricum_fw-la tenebras_fw-la solum_fw-la quis_fw-la non_fw-la horreat_fw-la lubri_fw-la cum_fw-la solum_fw-la quis_fw-la non_fw-la caveat_n in_o tenebris_fw-la &_o lubrico_fw-la qua_fw-la be_v ubi_fw-la pedem_fw-la figis_fw-la sunt_fw-la istae_fw-la magnae_fw-la poenae_fw-la hominum_fw-la aug._n col._n 3._o eccles._n 7._o 2_o 3_o 4._o 4._o vino_fw-la debimus_fw-la quod_fw-la etiam_fw-la non_fw-la sitientes_fw-la bibimus_fw-la plin._n nemo_fw-la venenum_fw-la temperate_a felle_fw-la &_o elleboro_fw-la sed_fw-la conditis_fw-la pulmentis_fw-la id_fw-la mali_fw-la injicit_fw-la ita_fw-la diabolus_fw-la letale_fw-la quod_fw-la conficie_fw-la rebus_fw-la gratissimis_fw-la &_o acceptissimis_fw-la imbuit_fw-la tert._n rev._n 3._o ezek._n 16._o 42_o senec._n de_fw-fr providentia_fw-la heb._n 12._o inter_fw-la adversa_fw-la melior_fw-la tacit._n optimos_fw-la nos_fw-la esse_fw-la dum_fw-la infirmi_fw-la sumus_fw-la plin._n lib._n 3._o propitius_fw-la deus_fw-la cum_fw-la male_a amamus_fw-la negat_fw-la quod_fw-la amamus_fw-la iratus_fw-la autem_fw-la that_fw-mi amanti_fw-la quod_fw-la male_a amat_fw-la aug._n phil._n 4._o 12._o 2_o chron._n 17._o 3._o sponte_fw-la manans_fw-la pretiosior_fw-la sudor_fw-la est_fw-la elicitus_fw-la corticis_fw-la vulnere_fw-la vilior_fw-la judicatur_fw-la solin_n psal._n 9_o jam._n 1._o 10._o 1_o pet._n 3._o 4._o zach._n 9_o 9_o tit._n 3._o 3_o deut._n 6._o 11_o 12._o deut._n 8._o 12._o hos._n 13._o 6._o ps._n 103._o 1_o 2._o 2._o psal._n 34._o 2._o psal._n 26._o utentis_fw-la modestia_fw-la non_fw-la amantis_fw-la affectu_fw-la hos._n 4._o 11._o ephes._n 4._o 19_o 1_o cor._n 7._o 30_o 31._o 31._o omnis_fw-la humana_fw-la perversio_fw-la fruendis_fw-la uti_fw-la velle_fw-la &_o utendis_fw-la frui_fw-la aug._n psal._n 139._o 17_o 19_o psal._n 4._o 6_o 7._o psal._n 63._o luk._n 10._o 20._o 1_o tim._n 6._o mat._n 11._o intervallum_n inter_v i_o &_o illa_fw-la magnum_fw-la habui_fw-la itaque_fw-la abstulit_fw-la illa_fw-la non_fw-la avulsit_fw-la senec._n cons._n ad_fw-la helu._n heb._n 11._o phil._n 4._o aelizaeus_fw-la cum_fw-la magno_fw-la honore_fw-la &_o seculi_fw-la dignitate_fw-la prophetiae_fw-la donum_fw-la habuit_fw-la elias_n profugus_fw-la &_o persecutus_fw-la