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A84588
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A guide to salvation, bequeathed to a person of honour, by his dying-friend the R.F. Br. Laurence Eason, Ord. S. Franc. S. Th. L.
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Eason, Laurence.
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1673
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Wing E99aA; ESTC R230984
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be_v barren_a because_o they_o produce_v not_o holy_a motion_n and_o action_n the_o devil_n and_o reprobate_n have_v the_o like_a the_o thought_n of_o their_o beautitude_n lose_v be_v continual_o present_a to_o they_o they_o know_v the_o excellency_n of_o it_o by_o suffer_v the_o privation_n thereof_o but_o this_o be_v not_o with_o the_o heart_n with_o a_o consideration_n which_o be_v affective_a ardent_a effective_a when_o we_o will_v a_o thing_n efficatious_o it_o do_v not_o only_o busy_v our_o thought_n but_o employ_v our_o hand_n and_o industry_n to_o labour_v our_o tongue_n frequent_o to_o speak_v of_o it_o the_o heart_n the_o hand_n the_o tongue_n be_v join_v in_o this_o work_n the_o heart_n to_o meditate_v the_o hand_n to_o execute_v the_o tongue_n to_o publish_v it_o exit_fw-la abundantia_fw-la cordis_fw-la os_fw-la loquor_fw-la out_o of_o the_o abundance_n of_o the_o heart_n the_o mouth_n speak_v the_o second_o manner_n or_o condition_n requisite_a in_o this_o work_n from_o 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