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A10338 The prophecie of Obadiah opened and applyed in sundry learned and gracious sermons preached at All-Hallowes and St Maries in Oxford by that famous and iudicious divine Iohn Rainolds D. of Divinity and late president of Corp. Chr. Coll. Published for the honour and vse of that famous Vniversity, and for the benefit of the churches of Christ abroad in the country, by W.H. Rainolds, John, 1549-1607.; Rainolds, John, 1549-1607. Sermon upon part of the eighteenth Psalm. aut; Hinde, William, 1569?-1629. 1613 (1613) STC 20619; ESTC S115589 99,467 170

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many_o disease_n etc._n etc._n yea_o many_o go_v so_o far_o that_o they_o even_o quaff_v up_o their_o death_n with_o it_o as_o it_o be_v report_v that_o alexander_n propose_v a_o reward_n to_o he_o that_o can_v drink_v most_o there_o be_v 21_o present_o kill_v thereby_o &_o 〈◊〉_d he_o which_o get_v the_o victory_n die_v within_o three_o day_n after_o and_o although_o i_o have_v less_o cause_n to_o fear_v this_o vice_n in_o christian_a man_n much_o less_o in_o englishman_n least_o of_o all_o in_o oxford_n yet_o the_o great_a plenty_n of_o wine_n seller_n late_o increase_v cause_v i_o to_o dread_v lest_o by_o degree_n we_o come_v unto_o it_o wherefore_o let_v we_o consider_v in_o this_o metaphor_n of_o drink_v and_o swallow_v up_o that_o not_o only_o the_o great_a affliction_n of_o this_o present_a life_n be_v signify_v but_o also_o the_o dreadful_a and_o endless_a torment_n of_o the_o life_n to_o come_v which_o yet_o be_v not_o so_o mean_v as_o though_o the_o very_a drink_n be_v 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