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A19286 The Churches deliuerance contayning meditations and short notes vppon the booke of Hester. In remembrance of the wonderfull deliuerance from the Gunpoulder-treason. By Thomas Cooper. Cooper, Thomas, fl. 1626. 1609 (1609) STC 5696; ESTC S108661 185,807 240

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she_o bring_v to_o justify_v the_o lord_n 18._o 1_o lamen_n 18._o because_o she_o have_v rebel_v against_o he_o 6._o psal_n 6._o and_o be_v send_v out_o of_o herself_o by_o a_o holy_a despair_n 45._o ezec_fw-la 28._o 45._o acknowledge_v that_o she_o be_v worthy_a to_o be_v cut_v off_o she_o recover_v strength_n in_o god_n from_o her_o own_o weakness_n the_o more_o vile_a she_o find_v herself_o the_o more_o she_o strive_v with_o her_o god_n to_o restore_v her_o beauty_n unto_o she_o 22._o 1_o lamen_n 21._o 22._o she_o lay_v hold_v on_o god_n promise_n for_o the_o confusion_n of_o her_o enemy_n and_o in_o their_o confusion_n see_v a_o far_o off_o her_o deliverance_n here_o she_o stay_v not_o but_o draw_v near_a unto_o god_n 2._o lament_v 2._o and_o so_o yet_o further_o abase_v herself_o in_o the_o fury_n of_o her_o misery_n 3._o lament_v 3._o and_o so_o far_o she_o wade_v in_o the_o apprehension_n thereof_o as_o that_o she_o despair_v of_o god_n mercy_n ●1_n lament_v 5_o ●1_n she_o 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