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A15496 The anchor of faith Vpon which, a Christian may repose in all manner of temptations. Especially in that great and dangerous gulfe of desperation. Wherein so many ouer-whelmed with the weight and burthen of their sinne, and not resisting themselues by the hand of faith, vpon the promises and inuitations of Christ, haue with Caine and Judas most fearefully fallen and shipwrackt themselues, to the vtter confusion both of body and soule for euer.; Physicke, to cure the most dangerous disease of desperation Willymat, William, d. 1615. 1628 (1628) STC 25763.5; ESTC S102508 45,869 112

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idolater_n he_o def●●●_n th●_n temple_n of_o god_n he_o with_o stand_v 〈◊〉_d beat_v down_o the_o truth_n k●●●_n 2_o k●●●_n he_o set_v up_o idolatry_n he_o be_v a_o conjurer_n &_o a_o soothsayer_n 〈◊〉_d shed_v abundance_n of_o innocent_a 〈◊〉_d so_o that_o the_o street_n flow_v therewith_o he_o commit_v more_o abomination_n they_o the_o canaanite_n or_o amorites_n who_o for_o their_o filthiness_n the_o lord_n cut_v off_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o the_o live_n he_o sacrifice_v his_o son_n and_o daughter_n to_o devil_n and_o yet_o upon_o his_o true_a return_v to_o the_o lord_n from_o the_o bottom_n of_o his_o heart_n he_o find_v favour_n and_o mercy_n if_o our_o sin_n then_o 33._o 2._o chr._n 33._o or_o the_o sin_n of_o any_o one_o of_o we_o be_v as_o grievous_a as_o ever_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o manasses_n yet_o upon_o our_o true_a and_o unfeigned_a return_n to_o the_o lord_n shall_v we_o despair_v of_o his_o mercy_n shall_v we_o or_o may_v we_o or_o day_n we_o think_v that_o the_o 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