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mercy_n great_a lord_n sin_n 25,125 5 5.0495 4 true
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A00389 Preparation to deathe A booke as deuout as eloquent, compiled by Erasmus Roterodame.; De praeparatione ad mortem. English Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536. 1538 (1538) STC 10505; ESTC S116245 47,189 110

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a_o right_n sure_a &_o strong_a defence_n the_o more_o that_o the_o dyvell_n depress_v man_n by_o the_o conscience_n of_o his_o sin_n the_o more_o to_o lyfte_fw-mi up_o himself_o with_o the_o hope_n of_o goddis_fw-la mercy_n &_o mystical_a society_n with_o christ_n so_o against_o the_o ieoperdy_o of_o arrogancy_n it_o shall_v be_v a_o present_a and_o ready_a remedy_n to_o abject_a and_o humiliate_v himself_o with_o consyderation_n of_o his_o own_o weakness_n for_o who_o so_o ever_o in_o christ_n be_v strong_a &_o haute_fw-fr and_o in_o himself_o humble_a and_o abject_a can_v neither_o be_v throw_v down_o of_o satanas_n nor_o yet_o confound_v such_o a_o certain_a thing_n we_o rede_v in_o the_o old_a cronycle_n of_o saint_n antony_n the_o monk_n who_o the_o dyvell_n assaut_v by_o a_o 〈◊〉_d thousand_o mean_n and_o yet_o he_o can_v never_o overcome_v he_o on_o a_o certain_a time_n when_o that_o he_o have_v wrought_v and_o do_v all_o the_o polycy_n and_o subtylnesse_n that_o he_o can_v 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