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A89032 Good company being a collection of various, serious, pious meditations; Christian experiences, sayings, sentences; useful for instruction, consolation and confirmation. / By John Melvin, M.A. preacher of the word at Udimer in Sussex. Melvin, John, M.A. 1659 (1659) Wing M1656; Thomason E2124_1; ESTC R210169 44,421 139

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our_o selus_fw-la for_o life_n or_o death_n 21._o though_o pardon_n of_o sin_n be_v pronounce_v yet_o god_n have_v the_o keep_n of_o joy_n in_o his_o own_o hand_n 22._o every_o fall_n into_o sin_n be_v not_o upon_o all_o four_o a_o quite_o fall_v away_o 23._o samson_n strength_n be_v in_o his_o lock_n but_o our_o strength_n against_o sin_n and_o error_n be_v in_o christ_n 24._o a_o believe_a spirit_n tremble_v at_o any_o thing_n which_o hinder_v or_o grieu_v the_o spirit_n work_v 25._o sense_n of_o god_n love_n be_v sometime_o withdraw_v to_o make_v we_o mourn_v for_o it_o the_o more_o 26._o when_o affliction_n be_v double_v it_o be_v time_n to_o pray_v hard_a believe_v and_o apply_v the_o promise_n and_o then_o deliverance_n will_v come_v 27._o in_o the_o use_n of_o mean_n run_v always_o to_o christ_n that_o he_o may_v work_v virtue_n be_v only_o in_o he_o 28._o god_n time_n of_o help_v the_o poor_a and_o needy_a be_v when_o all_o other_o help_n be_v at_o a_o stand_n 29._o after_o 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