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A65422 Popery anatomized, or, A learned, pious, and elaborat treatise wherein many of the greatest and weightiest points of controversie, between us and papists, are handled, and the truth of our doctrine clearly proved : and the falshood of their religion and doctrine anatomized, and laid open, and most evidently convicted and confuted by Scripture, fathers, and also by some of their own popes, doctors, cardinals, and of their own writers : in answer to M. Gilbert Brown, priest / by that learned, singularly pious, and eminently faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. John Welsch ...; Reply against Mr. Gilbert Browne, priest Welch, John, 1568?-1622.; Craford, Matthew. Brief discovery of the bloody, rebellious and treasonable principles and practises of papists. 1672 (1672) Wing W1312; ESTC R38526 397,536 586

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ordinance_n much_o restrain_v how_o few_o be_v convert_v and_o build_v up_o by_o the_o gospel_n yea_o what_o deadness_n decay_n and_o wither_a be_v upon_o all_o even_o the_o lord_n people_n and_o how_o many_o be_v content_a to_o live_v without_o god_n and_o suffer_v he_o to_o be_v go_v now_o lay_v all_o these_o together_o and_o we_o will_v see_v that_o the_o ground_n of_o fear_n be_v great_a than_o be_v apprehend_v by_o many_o therefore_o let_v we_o be_v lay_v the_o hazard_n of_o the_o church_n and_o of_o ourselves_o and_o posterity_n to_o heart_n and_o let_v we_o be_v stir_v up_o ourselves_o to_o deal_v with_o the_o lord_n by_o mourning_n and_o repentance_n prayer_n and_o supplication_n for_o the_o turn_n away_o of_o his_o wrath_n and_o for_o the_o pour_v out_o of_o his_o vial_n upon_o antichrist_n if_o ever_o there_o be_v a_o time_n wherein_o repentance_n and_o mourning_n for_o our_o sin_n and_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o land_n be_v call_v for_o it_o be_v now_o for_o be_v not_o our_o sin_n very_o great_a and_o be_v not_o the_o cry_n of_o they_o come_v up_o to_o heaven_n and_o be_v not_o the_o lord_n harken_v and_o hear_v if_o any_o man_n will_v repent_v he_o 〈◊〉_d the_o evil_a of_o his_o do_n and_o say_v what_o evil_a have_v i_o do_v for_o he_o be_v wait_v to_o see_v what_o we_o will_v do_v before_o he_o leave_v we_o altogether_o for_o he_o have_v in_o a_o great_a measure_n leave_v we_o already_o for_o be_v we_o not_o strike_v with_o blindness_n confusion_n and_o astonishment_n and_o tremble_v of_o heart_n be_v he_o not_o in_o a_o great_a measure_n depart_v from_o his_o ordinance_n for_o be_v not_o that_o light_n darken_v that_o life_n wither_v that_o strength_n abate_v that_o presence_n evanish_v that_o tenderness_n go_v these_o influence_n withhold_v that_o sometime_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v feel_v in_o ordinance_n yea_o be_v not_o prayer_n restrain_v and_o love_n wax_v exceed_v cold_a and_o hardness_n of_o heart_n grow_v universal_a delight_n in_o god_n and_o in_o his_o word_n and_o in_o the_o exercise_n of_o godliness_n grow_v exceed_v rare_a do_v not_o god_n hide_v his_o f●ce_n from_o we_o and_o answer_v we_o with_o terrible_a thing_n in_o righteousness_n all_o which_o speak_v that_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v depart_v from_o the_o temple_n to_o the_o threshold_n let_v we_o therefore_o lay_v these_o thing_n serious_o to_o heart_n and_o break_v up_o our_o fallow_a ground_n and_o circumcise_v ourselves_o to_o the_o lord_n and_o take_v away_o the_o foreskin_n of_o our_o heart_n lest_o his_o fury_n break_v forth_o like_o fire_n and_o burn_v that_o none_o can_v quench_v it_o jer._n 4.3_o for_o be_v he_o not_o cry_v both_o by_o his_o word_n and_o dispensation_n be_v instruct_v o_o jerusalem_n o_o britain_n lest_o my_o soul_n depart_v from_o thou_o lest_o i_o make_v thou_o desolat_a a_o land_n not_o inhabit_v jer._n 6_o 8._o repentance_n and_o reformation_n be_v only_o the_o mean_a to_o prevent_v our_o ruin_n therefore_o let_v we_o be_v 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