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A61574 Occasional sermons preached by the Most Reverend Father in God, William Sancroft ... ; with some remarks of his life and conversation, in a letter to a friend. Sancroft, William, 1617-1693. 1694 (1694) Wing S561; ESTC R35157 79,808 212

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but_o to_o sin_n and_o not_o be_v punish_v be_v the_o sore_a punishment_n of_o all_o say_v st._n chrysostome_n 13._o dimisit_fw-la eos_fw-la secundum_fw-la desideria_fw-la cordis_n he_o suffer_v they_o to_o walk_v after_o their_o own_o heart_n lust_n that_o be_v a_o dreadful_a portion_n let_v they_o alone_o 5._o why_o shall_v they_o be_v strike_v any_o more_o 32._o that_o be_v the_o prosperity_n of_o fool_n that_o destroy_v they_o 6._o as_o solomon_n or_o as_o david_n phrase_v it_o this_o be_v for_o god_n to_o rain_v snare_n upon_o the_o ungodly_a a_o horrible_a tempest_n indeed_o as_o he_o there_o call_v it_o and_o worse_o than_o the_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n in_o the_o same_o verse_n mercy_n too_o that_o he_o afflict_v we_o himself_o keep_v we_o still_o under_o his_o own_o discipline_n and_o have_v not_o yet_o give_v we_o over_o unto_o the_o will_n of_o our_o adversary_n the_o hand_n of_o a_o enemy_n poison_v the_o wound_n 14._o his_o malice_n or_o his_o insolence_n double_v and_o 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