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before_o the_o lord_n mayor_n and_o court_n of_o alderman_n at_o s._n sepulcher_n church_n on_o wednesday_n in_o easter-week_n 1690._o a_o sermon_n preach_v at_o paris_n on_o the_o thirty_o of_o january_n s._n v._o 1684_o 5._o the_o present_a state_n of_o the_o controversy_n now_o in_o the_o press_n a_o sermon_n preach_v before_o the_o king_n and_o queen_n at_o whitehall_n may_v 4._o 1690._o publish_a by_o their_o majesty_n special_a command_n gal._n v._n 15._o verse_n 14._o ch._n v_o 15._o v._o 16_o 19_o 20_o etc._n etc._n ch._n v_o 22_o 23_o 24_o 25._o ch._n v_o 26._o chap._n vi_fw-la verse_n 1_o 2._o verse_n 3._o vs._n 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o 9_o act._n x._o 38._o ix_o 36._o 2._o cor._n iâ—_n 8._o 2._o thâ—â—sâ—l_n three_o 〈◊〉_d 1_o tim_n v._n 10._o 〈…〉_z seâ—_n chrys._n in_o hoc_fw-la hoc_fw-la mat._n vi_fw-la 19_o nineteeen_o 21._o luk._n vi_fw-la 30._o xi_o 41._o twelve_o 33._o rom._n twelve_o 13._o 2_o cor._n viij_o 7._o colos._n iii._o 12_o etc._n etc._n etc._n mat._n v_o 48._o comp_n with_o s._n luk._n vi_fw-la 36._o 36._o prov._n nineteeen_o 17._o 1_o jo._n three_o 6._o four_o 12_o 20_o 21._o see_v below_o four_o point_n see_v chrys._n hieron_n etc._n etc._n in_o loc_n loc_n vulg._n lat._n syriac_n arab._n communion_n seru._n we_o s._n 7_o 8._o 9_o 9_o 2_o thes._n three_o 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o loc_n p._n 394._o e._n 27._o hieronym_n iâ—_n dan._n c._n iu._n l._n h._n edit_n erasin_n erasin_n dam._n iu._n 29._o chrys._n in_o act._n hom._n x._o p._n 210._o a._n act._n x._o 4._o prov._n xxi_o 13_o isaiah_n lviii_o 3._o ibid._n ver_fw-la 2._o ver._n 4._o 5._o 6._o 7._o 8._o 9_o etc._n etc._n etc._n non_fw-la â—â—â—tis_fw-la this_fw-mi compotes_fw-la compotes_fw-la chrys_n in_o phil_n hom._n xv._n p._n 135._o e._n 2_o cor._n ix_o 6._o mat._n v_o 17._o 20._o 20._o â—eat_n fourteen_o 28._o xxvi_o 12._o 12._o levit._fw-la nineteeen_o 9_o 10._o ib._n xxiii_o 22._o 22._o exod._n xxii_o 25._o levity_n twenty-five_o 35_o 36._o deut_n xxiii_o 19_o 19_o deut._n xxiv_o 19_o 19_o levit._fw-la nineteeen_o 19_o deut._n xxiv_o 19_o 19_o see_v deut._n xxiv_o 14._o etc._n etc._n see_v dr._n hammond_n pract._n cat._n l._n 3._o sect._n 1_o chrys._n de_fw-fr lazar_n conc_fw-fr 2._o p._n 50._o c._n d._n edit_n par._n gr._n lat._n luke_n x._o 25._o chrys._n in_o loc._n deut._n xxiv_o 19_o 20._o 21._o 21._o see_v ainsworth_n on_o leu._n nineteeen_o 10._o fagius_n vatablus_n on_o exod._n xxii_o 21._o grotius_n on_o levit._n twenty-five_o 35._o mat._n 5._o 44_o 45._o senec._n de_fw-fr benef._n l._n 1._o c._n 1._o luke_n vi_fw-la 36._o 36._o chrys._n in_o loc_n p._n 859._o a._n hieron_n in_o loc_n d._n see_v ambros._n de_fw-fr offic._n l._n 2._o c._n 15._o 〈…〉_z sit_v etc._n etc._n ambros._n ibid._n c._n 16._o chrys._n hom._n in_o laz._n 2._o p._n 51._o b._n c._n p._n 52._o d._n heb._n xiii_o 2._o videndus_fw-la est_fw-la ille_fw-la qui_fw-la te_fw-la non_fw-la videt_fw-la requirendus_fw-la ille_fw-la qui_fw-la erubescit_fw-la videri_fw-la ambros._n de_fw-fr offic._n l._n 2._o c._n 15_o 16._o eccles._n xi_o 1_o 2._o mat._n seven_o 12._o prov._n xxiii_o 27._o prov._n xxii_o 9_o psal._n xxxvii_o 25._o 26._o 27._o 28._o prov._n xi_o 24._o 25._o psal._n xli_o i._o 2._o deut._n xv_o 7._o 10._o job_n xx_o 15._o 19_o 1_o peter_n four_o 8._o 1_o john_n three_o 19_o luke_n xi_o 41._o heb._n twelve_o 14._o 14._o prov._n x._o 12._o dan._n four_o 27._o 1_o pet._n four_o 8._o act_n x._o 4._o 2_o cor._n ix_o 14._o hebr._fw-la vi_fw-la 10._o 10._o mat._n nineteeen_o 21._o luke_n xuj_o 9_o 2_o cor._n ix_o 6_o 7._o 1_o tim._n vi_fw-la 19_o etc._n etc._n etc._n mat._n twenty-five_o 25_o 30._o luke_n twelve_o 33._o luke_n xuj_o 9_o 2_o cor._n ix_o 14._o mat._n twenty-five_o ver._n 31_o etc._n etc._n ver._n 34_o etc._n etc._n ver._n 37_o etc._n etc._n ver._n 41_o etc._n etc._n ver._n 44_o etc._n etc._n ver._n 46._o