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A80868 Soveraign omnipotency the saint's security in evil days Discoursed and concluded from Rom. IV. xvii, xviii. Crompton, William, 1599?-1642. 1682 (1682) Wing C7032A; ESTC R231868 61,231 175

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mensura_fw-la nostrerum_fw-la virium_fw-la sed_fw-la regula_n officii_fw-la &_o materia_fw-la praecum_fw-la as_o molinus_n contr._n amyrald_n precept_n and_o exhortation_n ordinary_o signify_v the_o approve_v will_n of_o the_o commander_n and_o his_o duty_n to_o who_o they_o be_v propound_v although_o sometime_o the_o duty_n of_o the_o hearer_n rather_o than_o the_o will_n of_o the_o speaker_n be_v declare_v by_o they_o they_o show_v we_o what_o we_o ought_v to_o do_v not_o what_o we_o can_v they_o assure_v we_o what_o god_n will_v do_v when_o he_o please_v not_o what_o he_o be_v bind_v to_o do_v grace_n be_v free_a neither_o can_v any_o creature_n chall●…g●●…f●ct●…l_a grace_n at_o god_n hand_n as_o a_o d●e_a debt_n ei●her_o to_o his_o nature_n or_o his_o labour_n however_o some_o saucy_o w●…_n and_o sp●…k_n of_o god_n as_o if_o he_o we●…_n bou●d_v to_o do_v this_o or_o that_o to_o giu●●his_n or_o the_o other_o grace_n even_o wh●…_n 〈…〉_o produce_v no_o promise_n by_o 〈…〉_o m●de_o himself_o a_o debtor_n 〈…〉_o be_v the_o zeal_n of_o pet●r_n l_o ●…rd_n lib._n ●_o sent●n_n distinct_a 43._o against_o such_o man_n ut_fw-la mihi_fw-la videtur_fw-la hoc_fw-la verbum_fw-la debet_fw-la venenum_fw-la habet_fw-la nec_fw-la deo_fw-la proprium_fw-la competit_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la debtor_n nobis_fw-la nisi_fw-la forte_fw-fr expromisso_fw-la to_o i_o say_v he_o this_o word_n he_o aught_o or_o he_o be_v bind_v seem_v to_o have_v much_o poison_n in_o it_o and_o can_v proper_o belong_v to_o god_n who_o be_v no_o debtor_n to_o we_o save_v only_o in_o those_o case_n wherein_o he_o have_v pass_v some_o free_a promise_n and_o i_o be_o sure_a our_o saviour_n tell_v his_o disciple_n plain_o it_o be_v give_v to_o you_o to_o know_v the_o mystery_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n to_o other_o it_o be_v not_o give_v math._n 13.11_o and_o the_o housholder_n in_o the_o parable_n stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o those_o murmurer_n that_o repine_v as_o expect_v more_o from_o he_o 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