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set_v all_o their_o affection_n their_o love_n desire_n hope_n joy_n in_o present_a perish_a thing_n and_o not_o in_o everlasting_a to_o come_v to_o labour_v for_o the_o riches_n of_o this_o world_n as_o if_o they_o be_v eternal_a inhabitant_n on_o the_o earth_n and_o not_o stranger_n and_o pilgrim_n in_o the_o way_n to_o heaven_n these_o be_v worse_a enemy_n of_o our_o saviour_n than_o the_o heathen_n that_o do_v not_o know_v he_o or_o the_o jew_n that_o deny_v he_o for_o wear_v the_o livery_n of_o his_o servant_n they_o videamur_fw-la defame_v his_o most_o holy_a profession_n obscure_a his_o glory_n and_o blaspheme_v he_o in_o their_o life_n if_o infidel_n that_o never_o hear_v the_o sound_n of_o the_o gospel_n shall_v see_v their_o conversation_n what_o judgement_n will_v they_o make_v of_o the_o excellence_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o holiness_n of_o his_o law_n they_o will_v 4._o blaspheme_v his_o goodness_n without_o defence_n unholy_a christian_n be_v the_o most_o guilty_a sinner_n in_o the_o world_n and_o their_o punishment_n will_v be_v heighten_v according_o for_o they_o exasperate_v mercy_n and_o make_v the_o blood_n of_o atonement_n to_o cry_v for_o vengeance_n against_o they_o if_o it_o be_v extreme_a perverseness_n to_o disbelieve_v the_o gospel_n after_o so_o clear_a a_o revelation_n from_o god_n what_o degree_n of_o folly_n and_o wickedness_n be_v it_o for_o those_o who_o believe_v its_o truth_n to_o contradict_v the_o evidence_n and_o design_n of_o it_o in_o their_o life_n as_o if_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n of_o its_o falseness_n finis_fw-la book_n sell_v by_o brabazon_n aylmer_n at_o the_o three_o pigeon_n over_o against_o the_o royal_a exchange_n in_o cornhill_n the_o harmony_n of_o the_o divine_a attribute_n in_o the_o accomplishment_n of_o man_n redemption_n by_o the_o lord_n jesus_n christ._n or_o discourse_n wherein_o be_v show_v how_o the_o wisdom_n mercy_n justice_n holiness_n power_n and_o truth_n of_o god_n be_v glorify_v in_o that_o great_a and_o bless_a work_n by_o w._n bates_n d._n d._n in_o quarto_n two_o sermon_n of_o the_o late_a learned_a dr._n isaac_n barrow_n d._n d._n chaplain_n in_o ordinary_a to_o his_o majesty_n and_o master_n of_o trinity_n college_n in_o cambridg_n the_o reconcilableness_n of_o god_n prescience_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n with_o the_o wisdom_n and_o sincerity_n of_o his_o counsel_n exhortation_n and_o whatsoever_o other_o mean_v he_o use_v to_o prevent_v they_o in_o octavo_n octavo_n arist._n mentap_n tanta_fw-la gentium_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la frivolis_fw-la plerunque_fw-la religio_fw-la est_fw-la plin._n plin._n magis_fw-la ex_fw-la alieno_fw-la jecore_fw-la sapiebant_fw-la quam_fw-la ex_fw-la svo_fw-la svo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clem._n alex._n protrept_v jsa_n 1._o psal._n 50._o psal._n 40._o psal._n 110._o mat._n 22._o 42._o heb._n 5._o 5._o *_o de_fw-fr verit_fw-la rel_n christ._n nullam_fw-la virtus_fw-la aliam_fw-la mer_fw-fr cedem_fw-la laborum_fw-la periculorumque_fw-la desiderat_fw-la praeter_fw-la hanc_fw-la laudis_fw-la &_o gloriae_fw-la quae_fw-la quidem_fw-la detracta_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la tam_fw-la exiguo_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la curriculo_fw-la &_o tam_fw-la brevi_fw-la tantis_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o laboribus_fw-la exerceamus_fw-la cicer._n per_fw-la arch._n vereor_fw-la ne_fw-la ille_fw-la plura_fw-la tribuit_fw-la virtuti_fw-la quam_fw-la natura_fw-la patiatur_fw-la cicer._n lib._n 4._o acad._n quaest._n titus_n imperator_fw-la febrim_fw-la nactus_fw-la cum_fw-la lectica_fw-la transferretur_fw-la suspexisse_fw-la dicitur_fw-la dimotis_fw-la plagulis_fw-la coelum_fw-la multumque_fw-la conquestus_fw-la eripi_fw-la sibi_fw-la vitam_fw-la immerenti_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la extare_fw-la ullum_fw-la suum_fw-la factum_fw-la poenitendum_fw-la excepto_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la uno_fw-la sueton._n dulces_fw-la voluptales_fw-la epicurus_n interdum_fw-la sic_fw-la extenuat_fw-la ut_fw-la curium_n loqui_fw-la pute_fw-la interdum_fw-la ita_fw-la laudat_fw-la ut_fw-la quid_fw-la praeterea_fw-la sit_fw-la bonum_fw-la neget_fw-la se_fw-la posse_fw-la suspicari_fw-la cic._n lib._n 2._o the_o fin_n fin_n quaedam_fw-la arcana_fw-la apud_fw-la se_fw-la habuisse_fw-la neque_fw-la se_fw-la permittere_fw-la omnibus_fw-la sympos_fw-la ‖_o pet._n mart._n hist._n ind._n cum_fw-la enim_fw-la ex_fw-la pestilenti_fw-la in_o salubrem_fw-la locum_fw-la corpora_fw-la aegra_fw-la translata_fw-la fuerint_fw-la &_o à _fw-la fontibus_fw-la salubribus_fw-la aquarum_fw-la usus_fw-la sub_fw-la ministrabuntur_fw-la celerius_fw-la convalescent_n ita_fw-la efficietur_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la natura_fw-la loci_fw-la majores_fw-la auctasque_fw-la cum_fw-la dignitate_fw-la divinitas_fw-la excipiat_fw-la opiniones_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 2._o that_o eclipse_n may_v be_v cause_v in_o some_o other_o extraordinary_a unknown_a manner_n manner_n plin._n in_o epist._n praevidens_fw-la dominus_fw-la jesus_n impios_fw-la quosdam_fw-la futuros_fw-la qui_fw-la miraculis_fw-la ejus_fw-la calumnientur_fw-la magicis_fw-la artibus_fw-la tribuendo_fw-la prophetas_fw-la ante_fw-la praemisit_fw-la numquid_fw-la si_fw-la magus_n erat_fw-la &_o magicis_fw-la artibus_fw-la fecit_fw-la ut_fw-la coleretur_fw-la &_o mortuus_fw-la magus_n erat_fw-la antequam_fw-la natus_fw-la o_o homo_fw-la mortue_n &_o vermiscendo_fw-la calumniose_fw-la prophetas_fw-la audi_fw-la propâ—â—tas_fw-la lege_fw-la tract_n in_o joan._n dan._n 9_o 26._o zech._n 11._o 12._o psal._n 22._o isa._n chap._n 52_o 53._o 53._o philost_n vit_fw-mi apoll._n lib._n 6._o deut._n 28._o gen._n 49._o 10._o deut._n 32._o 21._o 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys._n the_o laad_n paul_n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n ibid._n aliquando_fw-la pagani_n faciunt_fw-la nobis_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la quaestionem_fw-la cum_fw-la vident_fw-la quae_fw-la scripta_fw-la sunt_fw-la sic_fw-la impleri_fw-la ut_fw-la negari_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la possint_fw-la audent_fw-la ut_fw-la dicant_fw-la videstis_fw-la ita_fw-la fieri_fw-la &_o tanquam_fw-la praedicta_fw-la sint_fw-la conscripsistis_fw-la serm._n 67._o divers_a sparsi_fw-la sunt_fw-la ubique_fw-la judaei_n portantes_fw-la codices_fw-la quibus_fw-la christus_fw-la praedicatur_fw-la si_fw-mi enim_fw-la in_o uno_fw-la loco_fw-la essent_fw-la terrarum_fw-la non_fw-la adjuvarent_fw-la testimonio_fw-la praedicationem_fw-la evangelii_n quae_fw-la fructificat_fw-la toto_fw-la orbe_fw-la terrarum_fw-la serm._n 67._o diu._n ambos_fw-la inde_fw-la convinco_fw-la judaeum_n quia_fw-la id_fw-la prophetatum_fw-la et_fw-la impletum_fw-la ego_fw-la cognovi_fw-la paganum_fw-la quia_fw-la ego_fw-la hac_fw-la non_fw-la convici_fw-la aug._n epist._n 5_o volus._n demus_n deum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la posse_fw-la quod_fw-la nos_fw-la fateamur_fw-la investigare_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la in_o talibus_fw-la rebus_fw-la tota_fw-la ratio_fw-la facti_fw-la est_fw-la potentia_fw-la facientis_fw-la facientis_fw-la quare_fw-la quicquam_fw-la nobis_fw-la insolitum_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la naturam_fw-la oculis_fw-la non_fw-la ratione_fw-la comprehendimus_fw-la nec_fw-la cogitamus_fw-la quid_fw-la illa_fw-la facere_fw-la possit_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la quid_fw-la fecerit_fw-la nature_n quaest._n lib._n 6._o 6._o aut_fw-la forte_fw-fr qui_fw-la verbum_fw-la est_fw-la significationem_fw-la verbi_fw-la ignoravit_fw-la et_fw-fr qui_fw-la veritas_fw-la est_fw-la loqui_fw-la vera_fw-la nescivit_fw-la et_fw-fr qui_fw-la sapientia_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la stultiloquio_fw-la erravit_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la virtus_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la ea_fw-la fuit_fw-la infirmitate_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la eloqui_fw-la quae_fw-la vellet_fw-la intelligi_fw-la hilar._n lib._n 8._o de_fw-la trinit_fw-la paulin._n arist._n rhet._n rhet._n quae_fw-la cum_fw-la ita_fw-la sint_fw-la magna_fw-la videlicet_fw-la praerogativa_fw-la de_fw-la nomine_fw-la christianitatis_fw-la blandiri_fw-la possumus_fw-la quia_fw-la ita_fw-la agimus_fw-la ac_fw-la vivimus_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la ipsum_fw-la quod_fw-la christianus_n populus_fw-la esse_fw-la dicimur_fw-la opprobrium_fw-la christi_fw-la esse_fw-la videamur_fw-la videamur_fw-la aestimari_fw-la de_fw-la cultoribus_fw-la suis_fw-la potest_fw-la ille_fw-la qui_fw-la colitur_fw-la quomodo_fw-la enim_fw-la bone_fw-la magister_fw-la est_fw-la cujus_fw-la tam_fw-la malos_fw-la videmus_fw-la discipulos_fw-la 2_o salu._n de_fw-fr gubern_n lib._n 4._o