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Sermons by Humph. Sydenham late fellow of Wadham Colledge in Oxford; Sermons. Selected sermons
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Sydenham, Humphrey, 1591-1650?
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STC 23572; ESTC S118102
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sincere_o ransack_n god_n dreadful_a artillery_n and_o call_v out_o all_o his_o instrument_n of_o justice_n to_o assist_v they_o his_o furbisht_a sword_n and_o glitter_a spear_n his_o bow_n of_o steel_n and_o sharpe-set_a arrow_n his_o horse_n with_o warlike_a trappings_n neigh_v for_o the_o battle_n his_o smoke_a jealousy_n and_o devour_a pestilence_n his_o flame_a meteor_n and_o horrid_a earthquake_n his_o storm_n his_o whirlwind_n and_o his_o tempest_n flood_n and_o billone_n and_o boiling_n of_o the_o deep_a his_o cup_n of_o displeasure_n and_o vial_n of_o indignation_n his_o dregs_n of_o fury_n and_o bosom_n of_o destruction_n his_o hail_n stone_n and_o his_o lightning_n his_o coal_n of_o juniper_n and_o hot_a thunderbolt_n thus_o in_o fearful_a harness_n have_v muster_v up_o all_o god_n judgement_n in_o a_o full_a volley_n they_o at_o once_o discharge_v they_o against_o the_o pretend_a corruption_n of_o particular_a man_n who_o their_o virulence_n labour_v rather_o to_o traduce_v 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