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A56828 Judgement & mercy for afflicted soules, or, Meditations, soliloquies, and prayers by Fra. Quarles.; Boanerges and Barnabas Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644. 1646 (1646) Wing Q101; ESTC R20980 53,966 136

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of_o saint_n a_o precedent_n for_o thou_o to_o fall_v if_o the_o rebuke_n of_o flesh_n may_v not_o prevail_v hear_v then_o the_o threaten_n of_o the_o spirit_n which_o say_v the_o plague_n shall_v not_o depart_v from_o the_o house_n of_o the_o swearer_n exod._n 20._o 7._o thou_o shall_v not_o take_v the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n the_o god_n in_o vain_a for_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o hold_v he_o guiltless_a that_o take_v his_o name_n in_o vain_a zach._n 5._o 3._o and_o every_o one_o that_o swear_v shall_v be_v cut_v off_o matth._n 5._o 34._o swear_v not_o at_o all_o neither_o by_o heaven_n for_o it_o be_v god_n throne_n nor_o by_o the_o earth_n for_o it_o be_v his_o footstool_n but_o let_v your_o communication_n be_v yea_o yea_o nay_o nay_o for_o whatsoever_o be_v more_o than_o these_o come_v of_o evil_a jer._n 23._o 10._o because_o of_o swear_v the_o land_n mourn_v aug_n in_o ser._n the_o murderer_n kill_v the_o body_n of_o his_o brother_n but_o the_o swearer_n murder_n his_o own_o 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