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rome_n 282_o the_o effect_n of_o his_o oration_n ibid._n the_o parallel_n betwixt_o s._n paul_n and_o seneca_n 283_o the_o grace_n of_o jesus_n and_o the_o cross_n be_v the_o two_o principle_n of_o s._n paul_n ibid._n his_o perfection_n and_o high_a knowledge_n 284_o he_o leave_v rome_n ibid._n the_o politic_a counsel_n of_o pharaoh_n 227_o he_o dream_v 222_o he_o fail_v in_o his_o purpose_n 228_o mark_n of_o reprobation_n in_o pharaoh_n 230_o the_o plague_n of_o egypt_n ibid._n a_o excellent_a conceit_n of_o plato_n concern_v terrestrial_a love_n 222_o a_o excellent_a conceit_n of_o platonist_n  _fw-fr the_o secret_n of_o the_o divine_a policy_n of_o god_n 238_o the_o birth_n and_o education_n of_o cardinal_n pool_n 313_o his_o love_n of_o solitude_n ibid._n his_o travel_n and_o return_n to_o england_n ibid._n the_o combat_n in_o his_o spirit_n 314_o he_o take_v part_n with_o god_n ibid._n he_o be_v make_v cardinal_n ib._n he_o be_v consider_v on_o to_o be_v make_v pope_n 315_o he_o 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person_n ecclesiastical_a 99_o the_o cause_n of_o difference_n of_o rigour_n ibid._n elegy_n of_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n 79_o the_o estate_n of_o rome_n and_o court_n of_o nero_n when_o paul_n come_v to_o it_o 271_o the_o practice_n of_o romulus_n 131_o the_o end_n oâ—_n royalty_n 131_o royalty_n a_o glorious_a servitude_n 132_o royalty_n a_o mervellous_a profession_n ibid._n s_o the_o essence_n and_o image_n of_o sadness_n 54_o four_o kind_n of_o sadness_n 55_o the_o remedy_n against_o sadness_n 57_o the_o three_o sadness_n of_o our_o bless_a saviour_n 60_o samuel_n from_o his_o infancy_n be_v conversant_a in_o the_o tabernacle_n 235_o his_o zeal_n and_o other_o rare_a quality_n 236_o his_o speech_n to_o the_o people_n ibid._n his_o wisdom_n in_o conclude_v a_o peace_n with_o the_o philistines_n ibid._n he_o die_v 240_o the_o widow_n of_o sarepta_n oil_n and_o meal_n fail_v not_o during_o the_o