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A08586 The saints societie Delivered in XIV. sermons, by I.B. Master in arts, and preacher of Gods word at Broughton in Northampton Shire.; Societie of the saints Bentham, Joseph, 1594?-1671. 1636 (1636) STC 1890; ESTC S117220 223,204 307

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pag._n 20._o have_v you_o consider_v how_o our_o saviour_n christ_n confirm_v the_o moral_a law_n show_v that_o he_o come_v not_o to_o destroy_v it_o mat._n 5._o 17._o pronounce_v its_o perpetuity_n to_o continue_v till_o the_o heaven_n be_v no_o more_o ver_fw-la 18._o and_o denounce_v a_o dreadful_a judgement_n against_o such_o as_o shall_v teach_v man_n to_o break_v one_o of_o the_o least_o of_o those_o commandment_n ver_fw-la 19_o and_o expound_v strict_o the_o 6._o ver_fw-la 22._o the_o 7._o ver_fw-la 28._o the_o 3._o ver_fw-la 34._o have_v you_o take_v advise_v of_o the_o apostle_n saint_n paul_n who_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o law_n be_v holy_a just_a and_o good_a rom._n 7._o 12._o that_o he_o serve_v the_o law_n of_o god_n after_o the_o inward_a man_n ver_fw-la 25._o that_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o second_o table_n be_v fulfil_v in_o this_o thou_o shall_v love_v thy_o neighbour_n as_o thyself_o 13._o 9_o 10._o that_o child_n must_v obey_v their_o parent_n because_o it_o 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