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A19625 XCVI. sermons by the Right Honorable and Reverend Father in God, Lancelot Andrevves, late Lord Bishop of Winchester. Published by His Majesties speciall command Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.; Buckeridge, John, 1562?-1631.; Laud, William, 1573-1645. 1629 (1629) STC 606; ESTC S106830 1,716,763 1,226

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the_o ten_o year_n this_o and_o natural_o decumana_fw-la sunt_fw-la grandiora_fw-la a_o fluctus_fw-la decumanus_fw-la 38.4_o psal._n 38.4_o a_o deep_a flood_n it_o be_v have_v like_a to_o have_v go_v over_o our_o soul_n and_o a_o misericordia_fw-la decumana_fw-la a_o mercy_n of_o a_o large_a size_n it_o be_v that_o make_v it_o go_v not_o then_o that_o we_o perform_v then_o laudes_fw-la decumanas_fw-la great_a praise_n and_o large_a thank_n now_o this_o anno_fw-la decimo_fw-la some_o way_n answerable_a to_o the_o greatness_n of_o our_o peril_n and_o to_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o mercy_n that_o make_v we_o so_o well_o pass_v it_o the_o number_n of_o seven_o and_o ten_o be_v not_o without_o their_o weight_n the_o seven_o the_o sabbath_n the_o ten_o god_n be_v part_n both_o way_n as_o the_o sabbath_n day_n as_o the_o ten_o year_n sacred_a to_o god_n be_v this_o day_n and_o our_o duty_n upon_o it_o mercy_n i._o of_o the_o word_n in_o order_n misericordiae_fw-la the_o mercy_n 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