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A00686 A briefe conference betwixt mans frailtie and faith wherein is declared the true vse, and comfort of those blessings pronounced by Christ in the fifth of Matthew, that euery Christian man and woman ought to make and take hold of in their seuerall tentations and conflicts: laide downe in this plaine order of dialogue, to helpe, if it please God, the conceit and feeling of the simplest. By Geruase Babington. Babington, Gervase, 1550-1610. 1584 (1584) STC 1082; ESTC S108359 56,099 166

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for_o thou_o that_o when_o the_o hour_n come_v we_o may_v neither_o fear_v nor_o faint_a in_o faith_n but_o joyful_o without_o any_o skrike_n and_o cry_n of_o desperation_n and_o of_o a_o trouble_a and_o vex_a conscience_n pass_v away_o in_o full_a hope_n and_o assurance_n that_o all_o our_o sin_n be_v wipe_v away_o in_o the_o blood_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o we_o to_o thou_o in_o he_o so_o reconcile_v that_o life_n for_o evermore_o be_v certain_a unto_o us._n last_o of_o all_o good_a father_n with_o most_o humble_a and_o hearty_a thanks_n for_o thy_o goodness_n to_o we_o this_o night_n let_v thy_o merciful_a eye_n look_v upon_o we_o this_o day_n and_o so_o keep_v we_o body_n and_o soul_n that_o be_v occupy_v in_o our_o several_a calling_n we_o may_v be_v safe_a by_o thou_o from_o all_o our_o enemy_n &_o live_v to_o thou_o or_o die_v to_o thou_o as_o it_o best_o shall_v please_v thy_o gracious_a goodness_n these_o thing_n o_o lord_n and_o whatsoever_o else_o we_o have_v need_n of_o 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