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A62040 The works of George Swinnock, M.A. containing these several treatises ...; Works. 1665. Swinnock, George, 1627-1673. 1665 (1665) Wing S6264; ESTC R7231 557,194 940

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and_o serve_v his_o god_n and_o his_o soul_n as_o well_o as_o his_o family_n and_o body_n in_o those_o interjection_n the_o wheel_n of_o a_o chariot_n though_o it_o be_v in_o motion_n all_o the_o day_n and_o turn_v about_o on_o the_o ground_n yet_o it_o be_v but_o a_o small_a part_n of_o it_o that_o touch_v the_o earth_n at_o one_o time_n the_o great_a part_n of_o it_o be_v always_o above_o it_o so_o the_o true_a christian_a though_o he_o be_v all_o the_o day_n busy_a about_o earthly_a affair_n yet_o it_o be_v but_o his_o body_n his_o lesser_a part_n that_o be_v employ_v about_o they_o his_o soul_n his_o affection_n which_o be_v his_o great_a part_n be_v always_o about_o they_o sect_n i._o i_o shall_v first_o offer_v thou_o two_o quicken_a motive_n and_o then_o acquaint_v thou_o wherein_o thy_o daily_a exercise_n to_o godliness_n consist_v day_n first_o consider_v any_o day_n may_v be_v thy_o last_o day_n and_o therefore_o every_o day_n shall_v be_v a_o holy_a day_n with_o thou_o i_o 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mind_v we_o of_o the_o sun_n post_v in_o the_o heaven_n but_o of_o our_o life_n pass_v on_o earth_n it_o be_v calvin_n reason_n for_o his_o unweariedness_n in_o his_o study_n when_o his_o friend_n urge_v against_o it_o the_o injury_n it_o do_v his_o body_n will_v you_o have_v my_o lord_n when_o he_o come_v find_v i_o idle_a it_o will_v be_v woeful_a for_o that_o servant_n who_o his_o lord_n when_o he_o come_v shall_v find_v do_v evil_a or_o do_v nothing_o but_o and_o if_o that_o servant_n say_v in_o his_o heart_n my_o lord_n delay_v his_o come_n and_o shall_v begin_v to_o beat_v the_o man-servant_n and_o maiden_n and_o to_o eat_v and_o drink_v and_o be_v drunken_a the_o lord_n of_o that_o servant_n will_v come_v in_o a_o day_n when_o he_o look_v not_o for_o he_o and_o in_o a_o hour_n when_o he_o be_v not_o aware_a and_o will_v cut_v he_o asunder_o and_o will_v appoint_v he_o his_o portion_n with_o unbeliever_n luk._n 12._o 45_o 46._o in_o which_o word_n we_o may_v observe_v 1._o the_o 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legacy_n to_o his_o only_a son_n a_o most_o excellent_a treatise_n contain_v the_o way_n to_o seek_v heaven_n glory_n to_o fly_v earth_n vanity_n to_o fear_v hell_n horror_n with_o the_o bell-mans_n summons_n a_o good_a day_n well_o improve_v death_n disarm_v at_o the_o funeral_n of_o dr._n hill_n the_o balm_n of_o gil●●d_n for_o the_o wound_n of_o england_n by_o anthony_n tu●kn●y_n the_o true_a evangelical_n temper_n wherein_o divinity_n and_o ecclesiastical_a history_n be_v interweave_v and_o mix_v both_o to_o the_o profit_n and_o delight_n of_o the_o christian_a reader_n on_o isa._n 11._o 6_o 7_o 9_o by_o i._n jackson_n twentyfour_n groan_n of_o the_o spirit_n or_o a_o trial_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o prayer_n a_o handkerchief_n for_o parent_n wet_a eye_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o their_o child_n or_o friend_n finis_fw-la salu._n l._n 4._o de_fw-fr gub_n d●i_fw-la tert._n apol._n psalm_n 39_o ambulare_fw-la hebraica_n phrasi_fw-la significat_fw-la c●rsum_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la instituere_fw-la 1_o john_n 1._o 6._o psa._n 119._o 1._o est_fw-la motus_fw-la progress●vus_fw-la ambulare_fw-la in_o chr●sto_fw-la duo_fw-la denotat_fw-la pr●gredi_fw-la &_o perseverare_fw-la in_o doctrina_fw-la &_o fide_fw-la christi_fw-la dau._n in_o col._n 2._o 6._o est_fw-la m●tus_fw-la perpetuus_fw-la bis_z de_fw-fr enoch_n dicitur_fw-la ambulavit_fw-la cum_fw-la deo_fw-la ad_fw-la explicandum_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la ine●nte_fw-la aetate_fw-la profecit_fw-la in_o via_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o perseveravit_fw-la profitiendo_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la semper_fw-la c●jrer_n ambulare_fw-la est_fw-la vivere_fw-la hac_fw-la loquendi_fw-la formula_fw-la admonemur_fw-la christianum_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o perpetuo_fw-la itinere_fw-la versus_fw-la cael_a in_fw-la patriam_fw-la neque_fw-la unquam_fw-la esse_fw-la illi_fw-la subsistendum_fw-la in_o via_fw-la sed_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la ambulandum_fw-la &_o pr●grediendum_fw-la dau._n in_o col._n job_n 39_o 18._o 1_o cor._n 15._o 10._o act_n 14._o 16._o motive_n 1_o it_o be_v a_o sign_n of_o hypocrisy_n to_o be_v unrighteous_a in_o our_o deal_n heb._n 13._o 18._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr vera_fw-la religio_fw-la quae_fw-la cum_fw-la templo_fw-la relinquitur_fw-la lactant._n lactant._n motive_n the_o credit_n of_o religion_n be_v much_o engage_v in_o our_o deal_n with_o other_o scandalum_fw-la est_fw-la dictum_fw-la aut_fw-la sactum_fw-la quo_fw-la alius●_n redditur_fw-la deterior_fw-la paraeus_n in_o 1_o cor._n 8._o 9_o quod_fw-la quasi_fw-la &_o siccos_fw-la madesaceret_fw-la &_o exprimeret_fw-la humente_n because_o he_o do_v advance_v and_o wet_v they_o well_o when_o dry_a and_o press_v they_o hard_o when_o wet_a tacit._n just●m_fw-la precium_fw-la quod_fw-la multo_fw-la amplius_fw-la erat_fw-la nec_fw-la opinanti_fw-la dedit_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr trin._n l._n 53._o c._n 3._o m●●imony_n treatise_n of_o thefr_n cap._n 7._o be_v religious_a in_o the_o manner_n of_o thy_o sell_n tull._n de_fw-fr offic._n quod_fw-la tibi_fw-la non_fw-la vis_fw-la alterine_n seceris_fw-la sever._n arist._n hist_o 9_o animal_n c._n 24_o festina_fw-la jente_fw-la illud_fw-la adagium_fw-la arridebat_fw-la duobus_fw-la imperatoribus_fw-la facile_fw-la laudatissimis_fw-la aug._n &_o tito_n eras._n adag_n isa._n 618_o be_v righteous_a in_o thy_o word_n and_o expression_n tul._n de_fw-fr offic._n usus_fw-la frandis_fw-la in_o bello_fw-la gerendo_fw-la laudabilis_fw-la in_fw-la aliis_fw-la actionibus_fw-la d●test_fw-la ibilis_fw-la machiav_n be_v courteous_a in_o thy_o deal_n benigni●ate_fw-la adeo_fw-la praeditus_fw-la ut_fw-la quos_fw-la armis_fw-la su●●gerat_fw-la clementia_fw-la magis_fw-la vicerit_fw-la solin_n austin_n epist._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d comis_fw-la affa●ilis_fw-la humanus_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la facilis_fw-la comm●dusque_fw-la eras._n tanquam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d qui_fw-la sapit_fw-la amica_fw-la i._n e._n qui_fw-la studet_fw-la facere_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la alteri_fw-la sunt_fw-la amica_fw-la &_o grata_fw-la comitas_fw-la alius_fw-la dicta_fw-la humanitas_fw-la affabilitas_fw-la est_fw-la virtus_fw-la in_o conversatione_fw-la mediocritatem_fw-la servans_fw-la ne_fw-la quis_fw-la just_a offendatur_fw-la praetor_n p._n 2._o theat_v eth._n sect._n 13._o blunt_n voyage_n ruth_n 4._o 2._o be_v meek_a in_o thy_o deal_n with_o man_n mansuetudo_fw-la est_fw-la virtus_fw-la quae_fw-la mediocritatem_fw-la seruat_fw-la circa_fw-la iram_fw-la golius_n l._n 4._o eth._n c._n 5._o mansuetudo_fw-la est_fw-la virtus_fw-la quae_fw-la hominem_fw-la ita_fw-la tractabilem_fw-la facit_fw-la in_o communi_fw-la conversatione_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la praeter_fw-la aequum_fw-la &_o bonum_fw-la exa●peretur_fw-la aliorum_fw-la ineptiis_fw-la morositatibus_fw-la &_o peccatis_fw-la le●ioribus_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o svam_fw-la injur_fw-la amtendent_n hus_o dau._n in_o col._n 3._o 12._o ovid_n metamor_n plutar●h_n infirmi_fw-la anim●i_fw-la est_fw-la exiguique_fw-la voluptas_fw-la vltio_fw-la continuo_fw-la sic_fw-la coll●ge_fw-la quod_fw-la vindicte_fw-la nemo_fw-la magis_fw-la gaudet_fw-la quam_fw-la faemina_fw-la juvenal_n sat._n 6._o no●il●ssimum_fw-la genus_fw-la vindictae_fw-la est_fw-la par●_n ere_o contemnere_fw-la op●rtet_fw-la injurias_fw-la &_o quas_fw-la injuriarum_fw-la umbras_fw-la dixe●im_fw-la contumelias_fw-la sive_fw-la mer●to_fw-la mihi_fw-la acci●●t_fw-la sive_fw-la immerito_fw-la si_fw-mi merito_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la contumelia_fw-la sed_fw-la judicium_fw-la si_fw-la immerito_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la injusta_fw-la facit_fw-la non_fw-la mih._n erubes●endum_fw-la est_fw-la senec._n in_o sap._n non_fw-la cad_z injuria_fw-la if_o injury_n be_v shameful_a it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o he_o that_o do_v the_o wrong_n not_o to_o he_o that_o suffer_v the_o wrong_n say_v s●crates_n sae●●_n dicere_fw-la solitus_fw-la sum_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la me_fw-it lutherus_n diabolum_fw-la vocaret_fw-la i_o tamen_fw-la hoc_fw-la illi_fw-la honoris_fw-la habiturum_fw-la ut_fw-la insignem_fw-la dei_fw-la servum_fw-la agnoscam_fw-la cael._n bu._n hierom_n observe_v upon_o ephes._n 4._o 32._o that_o the_o apostle_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rather_o than_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d free_o forgive_a yourselves_o nam_fw-la quod_fw-la bene_fw-la in_o alium_fw-la fit_a magis_fw-la ei_fw-la reponitur_fw-la qui_fw-la praestitit_fw-la quam_fw-la cui_fw-la datum_fw-la est_fw-la est_fw-la hanc_fw-la veniam_fw-la petimusque_fw-la damusque_fw-la vicissim_fw-la horas_fw-la non_fw-la vivitur_fw-la inter_fw-la perfectos_fw-la &_o bonos_fw-es sed_fw-la inter_fw-la illos_fw-la qui_fw-la