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A57597 Shlohavot, or, The burning of London in the year 1666 commemorated and improved in a CX discourses, meditations, and contemplations, divided into four parts treating of I. The sins, or spiritual causes procuring that judgment, II. The natural causes of fire, morally applied, III. The most remarkable passages and circumstances of that dreadful fire, IV. Councels and comfort unto such as are sufferers by the said judgment / by Samuel Rolle ... Rolle, Samuel, fl. 1657-1678.; Rolle, Samuel, fl. 1657-1678. Preliminary discourses.; Rolle, Samuel, fl. 1657-1678. Physical contemplations.; Rolle, Samuel, fl. 1657-1678. Sixty one meditations.; Rolle, Samuel, fl. 1657-1678. Twenty seven meditations. 1667 (1667) Wing R1877; Wing R1882_PARTIAL; Wing R1884_PARTIAL; ESTC R21820 301,379 534

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and_o a_o ghastly_a appearance_n let_v all_o that_o pass_v by_o they_o judge_n sure_o london_n be_v now_o the_o sad_a spectacle_n that_o be_v this_o day_n in_o england_n do_v the_o circumstance_n of_o time_n in_o which_o this_o fire_n befall_v we_o add_v nothing_o to_o our_o affliction_n have_v we_o at_o the_o same_o time_n have_v many_o friend_n and_o enemy_n but_o few_o or_o none_o our_o misery_n have_v be_v less_o for_o than_o shall_v we_o have_v be_v much_o pity_v which_o have_v be_v some_o mitigation_n of_o our_o loss_n but_o do_v it_o not_o befall_v we_o at_o a_o time_n when_o we_o have_v few_o friend_n but_o many_o foreign_a enemy_n round_o about_o we_o this_o jeremy_n lament_v in_o reference_n to_o jerusalem_n lam._n 1.2_o among_o all_o her_o lover_n she_o have_v none_o to_o comfort_v she_o all_o her_o friend_n have_v deal_v treacherous_o with_o she_o they_o be_v become_v her_o enemy_n be_v it_o no_o aggravation_n of_o our_o misery_n sure_o it_o can_v be_v otherwise_o to_o 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