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A49513 Principle[s] of faith & good conscience digested into a catecheticall form: together with an appendix: 1. Unfolding the termes of practicall divinity. 2. Shewing some markes of Gods children. 3. Some generall rules and principles of holy life. By W. Lyford, Batchelour of Divinity, and minister of Gods Word at Sherborne in Dorsetshire. Lyford, William, 1598-1653. 1655 (1655) Wing L3555; ESTC R216824 122,930 334

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the_o thing_n grant_v by_o god_n covenant_n q._n must_v we_o be_v in_o covenant_n with_o god_n before_o we_o can_v partake_v of_o the_o sacrament_n a._n yes_o for_o else_o the_o outward_a sign_n do_v not_o profit_v abraham_n be_v first_o in_o covenant_n with_o god_n and_o then_o he_o receive_v the_o sign_n of_o circumcision_n even_o as_o we_o use_v first_o to_o agree_v upon_o the_o condition_n before_o we_o seal_v and_o deliver_v the_o deed_n gen._n 15.6_o 18._o with_o gen._n 17_o 7_o 10_o 11._o with_o rom._n 4.10_o 11._o act_n 8.13_o 21_o 37._o as_o in_o covenant_n and_o contract_n of_o marriage_n there_o be_v first_o a_o consent_n of_o the_o party_n and_o then_o the_o writing_n be_v seal_v so_o it_o be_v in_o this_o covenant_n of_o grace_n both_o we_o and_o our_o child_n must_v be_v in_o covenant_n with_o god_n before_o the_o sacrament_n which_o be_v the_o seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n can_v belong_v to_o we_o some_o be_v in_o covenant_n with_o god_n only_o by_o outward_a profession_n 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because_o their_o sorrow_n for_o sin_n be_v great_a than_o their_o conscience_n of_o sin_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v but_o a_o fleshly_a sorrow_n 1_o king_n 21.19_o 20_o 27._o mat._n 27.3_o 4_o 5._o re._n 16.10_o 11._o hos_fw-la 7.14_o es_fw-ge 58.5_o 6._o jer._n 8.5_o ez._n 36.15_o 31._o the_o stone_n sweat_v but_o be_v not_o soft_a so_o etc._n etc._n q._n how_o then_o may_v i_o know_v my_o repentance_n to_o be_v true_a a._n by_o three_o sign_n 1._o by_o the_o conscience_n i_o make_v of_o sin_n for_o time_n to_o come_v true_a repentance_n beget_v tenderness_n of_o conscience_n 1_o sam._n 24.5_o job_n 34.31_o 32._o hos_fw-la 14.2_o q._n how_o second_o a._n it_o work_v in_o my_o heart_n a_o secret_a antipathy_n and_o heart-rising_a against_o all_o sin_n in_o whosoever_o it_o be_v though_o their_o sin_n do_v not_o endanger_v my_o own_o salvation_n nature_n do_v abhor_v those_o thing_n that_o be_v contrary_a to_o it_o as_o a_o toad_n or_o serpent_n so_o do_v our_o new_a and_o 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