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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50552	A sermon preached before the Queen, at White-Hall, July 5. 1691 by Richard Meggott ...	Meggott, Richard, d. 1692.	1691 (1691)	Wing M1630; ESTC R9794	9,793	29

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sermon_n preach_v before_o the_o queen_n at_o whitehall_n ju_o 5._o 1691._o by_o r._n meggott_n d._n d._n dean_n of_o winchester_n and_o chaplain_n to_o their_o majesty_n publish_a by_o her_o majesty_n special_a command_n london_n print_v for_o tho._n bennet_n at_o the_o half-moon_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n mdcxci_o i._o epistle_n of_o s._n john_n 3.20_o for_o if_o our_o heart_n condemn_v we_o god_n be_v great_a than_o our_o heart_n and_o know_v all_o thing_n one_o will_v be_v apt_a to_o think_v that_o we_o of_o our_o profession_n shall_v not_o speak_v with_o so_o little_a effect_n as_o general_o we_o do_v consider_v the_o matter_n and_o substance_n of_o our_o message_n we_o exhort_v you_o to_o nothing_o but_o that_o which_o you_o yourselves_o as_o oft_o as_o you_o be_v serious_a judge_v meet_v and_o necessary_a reprove_v you_o for_o nothing_o but_o that_o for_o which_o even_o your_o own_o ingenuity_n do_v so_o too_o and_o can_v but_o confess_v you_o be_v to_o blame_v for_o the_o 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