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A33748 A practical discourse of God's sovereignty with other meterial points, deriving thence. Coles, Elisha, 1608?-1688. 1673 (1673) Wing C5064A; ESTC R12638 214,951 286

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the_o house_n of_o david_n josiah_n by_o name_n 2._o 1_o king_n 13._o 2._o who_o shall_v offer_v the_o bone_n of_o jeroboam_n priest_n upon_o his_o altar_n if_o therefore_o athaliah_n determine_v to_o destroy_v all_o the_o seed-royal_a joash_n shall_v be_v steal_v from_o among_o the_o rest_n 2._o 2_o king_n 11._o 2._o and_o reserve_v and_o by_o he_o davida_n line_n shall_v be_v continue_v hezekiah_n though_o sick_a unto_o death_n he_o shall_v not_o die_v 16._o 2_o king_n 20._o 6._o with_o ch_z 13._o 16._o but_o be_v heal_v as_o it_o be_v by_o a_o miracle_n and_o fifteen_o year_n add_v to_o his_o life_n rather_o than_o manasseh_n who_o must_v be_v josiah_n grandfather_n shall_v be_v unborn_a 5._o paul_n paul_n be_v a_o choose_a vessel_n appoint_v to_o preach_v christ_n to_o the_o gentile_n and_o at_o last_o to_o bear_v witness_n of_o he_o at_o rome_n and_o this_o must_v be_v do_v although_o bond_n imprisonment_n and_o death_n itself_o do_v attend_v he_o in_o every_o place_n if_o they_o lie_v in_o wait_n for_o he_o at_o damascus_n and_o watch_v the_o gate_n night_n and_o day_n 23-25_a act_n 9_o 23-25_a to_o kill_v he_o he_o shall_v be_v let-down_a by_o the_o wall_n in_o a_o basket_n and_o so_o escape_v they_o if_o all_o jerusalem_n be_v in_o a_o uproar_n to_o kill_v he_o the_o chief_a captain_n shall_v come_v with_o a_o army_n and_o rescue_v he_o 31-33_a chap._n 21._o 31-33_a though_o no_o friend_n to_o paul_n nor_o to_o his_o cause_n if_o more_o than_o forty_o man_n have_v bind_v themselves_o with_o a_o oath_n that_o they_o will_v neither_o eat_v nor_o drink_v till_o they_o have_v kill_v he_o his_o kinsman_n shall_v hear_v of_o it_o 23_o act_n 23._o 14_o 23_o and_o by_o