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A30987 A treatise of fornication shewing what the sin is, how to flee it, motives and directions to shun it : upon 1 Cor. VI, XVIII : also, A penitentiary sermon upon John viii. II / by W.B., M.A. W. B. (William Barlow), b. 1617 or 18. 1690 (1690) Wing B848; ESTC R10545 68,090 89

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ever_o do_v that_o which_o they_o so_o abhor_v as_o that_o they_o will_v die_v any_o the_o cruel_a death_n in_o the_o world_n over_o and_o over_o rather_o than_o once_o do_v o_o far_o be_v it_o from_o we_o ever_o to_o do_v any_o such_o thing_n i_o may_v add_v here_o the_o punishment_n that_o spiritual_a fornicator_n be_v liable_a unto_o for_o it_o exclude_v they_o from_o communion_n with_o the_o church_n militant_a and_o triumphant_a and_o expose_v they_o to_o temporal_a destruction_n and_o eternal_a condemnation_n 1._o it_o shut_v out_o from_o communion_n with_o the_o church_n militant_a here_o on_o earth_n if_o a_o christian_a become_v guilty_a of_o it_o if_o he_o be_v a_o idolater_n in_o the_o apostle_n day_n christian_n be_v to_o have_v no_o communion_n with_o he_o not_o to_o keep_v company_n with_o he_o not_o so_o much_o as_o to_o eat_v with_o he_o but_o to_o avoid_v all_o commerce_n and_o converse_v not_o only_o sacred_a but_o civil_a with_o he_o 1_o cor._n 5.11_o neither_o be_v 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