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A62050 Ouranos kai tartaros= heaven and hell epitomized. The true Christian characterized. As also an exhortation with motives, means and directions to be speedy and serious about the work of conversion. By George Swinnocke M.A. sometime fellow of Baliol Colledge in Oxford, and now preacher of the Gospel at Rickmersworth in Hertfordshire. Swinnock, George, 1627-1673. 1659 (1659) Wing S6279; ESTC R222455 190,466 458

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beza_n it_o atqui_fw-la christus_fw-la in_o utroque_fw-la membro_fw-la subjectum_fw-la esse_fw-la debet_fw-la christus_fw-la vita_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la christus_fw-la lucrum_fw-la in_o morte_fw-la cal._n in_o loc_n mihi_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la christus_fw-la &_o in_fw-la vita_fw-la &_o in_o morte_fw-la lumen_fw-la beza_n some_o indeed_o read_v the_o word_n christ_n be_v my_o gain_n both_o in_o life_n and_o death_n and_o therefore_o the_o apostle_n be_v little_o trouble_v at_o but_o rather_o indifferent_a to_o all_o condition_n there_o be_v a_o certain_a truth_n in_o this_o exposition_n though_o loc_n though_o sic_fw-la haec_fw-la sententia_fw-la non_fw-la cohaerebit_fw-la u●_n r●tiocum_fw-la praecedente_fw-la quod_fw-la tamen_fw-la postulat_fw-la conjunctio_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d namaliud_fw-la ●st_fw-la gloria_fw-la christi_fw-la aliud_fw-la salus_fw-la pauli_n piscat_fw-la in_o loc_n