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A37274 Sermons preached upon severall occasions by Lancelot Dawes ...; Sermons. Selections Dawes, Lancelot, 1580-1653. 1653 (1653) Wing D450; ESTC R16688 281,488 345

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etiam_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la indos_n excurrere_fw-la ausa_fw-la est_fw-la bel._n lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr pont._n ro_n ca._n 23_o psal_n 19_o 4._o vid._n bell._n de_fw-fr pontif._n rom._n lib_n 3._o cap._n 21._o nostris_fw-la temporibus_fw-la romana_fw-la sedes_fw-la magnam_fw-la germaniae_fw-la partem_fw-la amisit_fw-la suetiam_fw-la gothiam_n norvegiam_fw-la daniam_fw-la etc._n etc._n act._n 19_o ●_o august_n in_o psal_n 39_o chrysost_n hom_n 40._o ad_fw-la populum_fw-la antiochen_n livius_n decad_a 1_o lib._n 9_o hic_fw-la non_fw-la tenetur_fw-la nota_fw-la marginalis_fw-la quae_fw-la nonnunquam_fw-la occurrit_fw-la in_o li._n sent._n p._n lombardi_n vive_fw-fr de_fw-fr causis_fw-la corrupt_a art_n plut._n apoth_o plut._n in_o vita_fw-la sertorii_fw-la use_v 2._o can●_n lipsius_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr con._n plut._n in_o thess_n rom._n 8._o 1._o joh._n 29._o 13._o isa_n 65._o 5._o matth._n 5._o 20._o psal_n 119._o phil._n 3._o 13._o verba_fw-la morientis_fw-la hadrian_o ovid_n meta_n lib._n ●5_n eccl._n 12._o 8._o 2._o proposition_n josh_n 18._o 1._o psal_n 132._o 14._o 15._o psal_n 132._o 5._o sigon_n de_fw-fr rep_n heb._n lib._n 6._o cap._n 7._o sig●●ius_n de_fw-fr ep_n heb._n lib._n 1._o ●oh_o 4._o isa_n 1._o
sermon_n preach_v upon_o several_a occasion_n by_o lancelot_n dawes_n d._n d._n now_o minister_n of_o barton_n in_o westmoreland_n and_o sometime_o fellow_n of_o queen_n college_n in_o oxford_n math_n 23._o 37_o 38._o o_o jerusalem_n jerusalem_n how_o often_o will_v i_o have_v gather_v etc._n etc._n london_n print_a for_o humphrey_n robinson_n at_o the_o three_o pigeon_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n mdcliii_o the_o content_n first_o sermon_n god_n mercy_n and_o jeusalems_n misery_n jeremie_n 5._o 1._o run_v to_o and_o fro_o by_o the_o street_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o behold_v now_o and_o know_v and_o inquire_v to_o the_o open_a place_n thereof_o if_o you_o find_v a_o man_n or_o if_o there_o be_v any_o that_o execute_v judgement_n and_o seek_v the_o truth_n and_o i_o will_v spare_v it_o pag._n 1._o second_o sermon_n matth._n 26._o 15._o what_o will_v you_o give_v i_o and_o i_o will_v deliver_v he_o unto_o you_o pag._n 53._o three_o sermon_n matth._n 27._o 3_o 4._o then_o judas_n which_o betray_v he_o see_v that_o he_o be_v condemn_v repent_v himself_o and_o bring_v again_o the_o thirty_o piece_n of_o silver_n to_o the_o chief_a priest_n and_o elder_n say_v i_o have_v sin_v betray_v the_o innocent_a blood_n but_o they_o say_v what_o be_v that_o to_o we_o see_v thou_o to_o that_o and_o when_o he_o have_v cast_v down_o the_o silver_n piece_n in_o the_o temple_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 89._o four_o sermon_n psal_n 82._o 6_o 7._o i_o have_v say_v you_o be_v god_n but_o you_o shall_v die_v like_o man_n pag._n 105._o five_o sermon_n galat._n 3._o 10._o as_o many_o as_o be_v of_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n be_v under_o the_o curse_n for_o it_o be_v write_v curse_a be_v every_o man_n that_o continue_v not_o in_o all_o thing_n which_o be_v write_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n to_o do_v they_o pag._n 139._o six_o sermon_n preach_v at_o the_o funeral_n of_o dr._n senhouse_n bishop_n of_o carlisle_n job_n 14._o 14._o if_o a_o man_n die_v shall_v he_o live_v again_o all_o the_o day_n of_o my_o appoint_a time_n will_v i_o wait_v till_o my_o change_n come_v pag._n 159._o the_o second_o part_n four_o sermon_n on_o this_o text._n luk._n 12._o 32._o fear_v not_o little_a flock_n for_o it_o be_v your_o father_n pleasure_n to_o give_v you_o the_o kingdom_n pag_n 1._o the_o second_o sermon_n upon_o the_o same_o pag._n 30._o the_o three_o sermon_n upon_o the_o same_o pag._n ●5_n the_o four_o sermon_n upon_o the_o same_o pag._n ●●_o five_o sermon_n matth._n 7._o 22_o 23._o many_o will_v say_v unto_o i_o that_o day_n lord_n lord_n have_v not_o we_o by_o thy_o name_n prophesy_v and_o then_o i_o will_v profess_v to_o they_o i_o never_o know_v you_o pag._n 93._o six_o sermon_n jer._n 22._o 3._o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n execute_v you_o judgement_n and_o righteousness_n pag._n 129._o god_n mercy_n and_o jerusalem_n misery_n jeremy_n 5._o 1._o ¶_o run_v to_o and_o fro_o by_o the_o street_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o behold_v now_o and_o know_v and_o inquire_v to_o the_o open_a place_n thereof_o if_o you_o can_v find_v a_o man_n or_o if_o there_o be_v any_o that_o execute_v judgement_n and_o seek_v the_o truth_n and_o i_o will_v spare_v it_o many_o mean_n do_v the_o lord_n use_v to_o reclaim_v jerusalem_n from_o her_o rebellion_n against_o he_o by_o sundry_a commemoration_n of_o his_o benefit_n he_o woo_v she_o by_o the_o sweet_a promise_n of_o the_o gospel_n he_o incite_v she_o by_o the_o captivity_n of_o her_o sister_n samaria_n he_o forewarn_v she_o but_o yet_o she_o continue_v like_o her_o forefather_n 78._o a_o faithless_a and_o stubborn_a generation_n a_o generation_n that_o set_v not_o her_o heart_n aright_o she_o run_v still_o on_o a_o wrong_a bias_n in_o stead_n of_o be_v a_o faithful_a spouse_n she_o become_v a_o filthy_a harlot_n and_o 6._o play_v the_o whore_n upon_o every_o high_a mountain_n and_o under_o every_o green_a tree_n her_o 22._o wine_n be_v mix_v with_o water_n her_o silver_n be_v become_v dross_n her_o prince_n rebel_n 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