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A43586 A new creature: or, A short discourse, opening the nature, properties, and necessity of the great work of the new creation upon the souls of men Being some plain discourses on Galatians vi. 15. By O. H. an unworthy minister of the Gospel. Heywood, Oliver, 1629-1702. 1695 (1695) Wing H1774; ESTC R221314 109,851 208

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as_o a_o vesture_n shall_v thou_o fold_v they_o up_o and_o they_o shall_v he_o change_v allude_v to_o a_o garment_n or_o a_o book_n or_o scroll_n of_o parchment_n when_o it_o be_v fold_v up_o there_o be_v no_o letter_n or_o word_n visible_a thus_o it_o pass_v away_o by_o a_o notable_a change_n 3._o the_o whole_a creation_n lie_v under_o the_o curse_n and_o sad_a effect_n of_o sin_n which_o by_o a_o kind_n of_o natural_a instinct_n it_o belong_v to_o be_v deliver_v from_o see_v rom._n 8.20_o 23_o the_o whole_a creation_n groan_v and_o travel_v in_o pain_n together_o until_o now_o etc._n etc._n calvin_n say_v hunc_fw-la locum_fw-la accipio_fw-la nullum_fw-la esse_fw-la elementum_fw-la nullamve_fw-la mundi_fw-la partem_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la veluti_fw-la praesentis_fw-la miseriae_fw-la agnitione_n tacta_fw-la in_fw-la spem_fw-la resurrectionis_fw-la intenta_fw-la sit_fw-la there_o be_v no_o element_n or_o part_n of_o the_o world_n but_o be_v touch_v with_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o 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