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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.
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Sancroft, William, 1617-1693.
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Wing S561; ESTC R35157
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of_o god_n a_o few_o verse_n after_o 16._o i_o myself_o will_v clothe_v her_o priest_n with_o righteousness_n ay_o and_o with_o salvation_n too_o let_v the_o saint_n shout_n for_o joy_n say_v the_o psalmist_n her_o saint_n say_v god_n shall_v shout_v aloud_o for_o joy_n so_o that_o there_o be_v more_o grant_v in_o both_o part_n than_o be_v ask_v st._n paul_n know_v well_o that_o this_o be_v the_o method_n and_o therefore_o before_o he_o take_v forth_o his_o son_n titus_n the_o great_a lesson_n of_o my_o text_n he_o first_o impart_v his_o apostolical_a benediction_n 4._o to_o titus_n i_o own_o son_n grace_n and_o mercy_n and_o peace_n from_o god_n the_o father_n and_o the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n our_o saviour_n st._n chrysostome_n
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fine_a among_o so_o many_o learner_n they_o be_v but_o few_o that_o learn_v righteousness_n and_o therefore_o god_n himself_o here_o open_v we_o a_o school_n erect_v a_o severe_a discipline_n in_o the_o text_n bring_v forth_o his_o ferulas_fw-la when_o nothing_o else_o will_v serve_v the_o turn_n for_o he_o have_v indeed_o four_o school_n or_o rather_o four_o distinct_a form_n and_o class_n in_o the_o same_o great_a school_n of_o righteousness_n the_o last_o only_o that_o of_o his_o judgement_n express_v in_o the_o text_n but_o the_o rest_n too_o suppose_v at_o least_o or_o covert_o imply_v for_o whether_o we_o look_v upon_o the_o latter_a clause_n of_o the_o proposition_n the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o world_n will_v learn_v we_o find_v ourselves_o there_o under_o a_o double_a formality_n as_o learner_n and_o as_o inhabiter_n as_o learner_n first_o and_o so_o endue_v with_o faculty_n of_o reason_n power_n of_o a_o soul_n capable_a of_o learning_n what_o be_v to_o be_v learn_v stamp_v 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