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A96523 Three decads of sermons lately preached to the Vniversity at St Mary's Church in Oxford: by Henry Wilkinson D.D. principall of Magdalen Hall. Wilkinson, Henry, 1616-1690. 1660 (1660) Wing W2239; Thomason E1039_1; ESTC R204083 607,468 685

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be_v give_v in_o against_o her_o sister_n aholibah_n v._o 19_o see_v their_o doom_n v._o 33_o 34._o the_o cup_n of_o astonishment_n and_o desolation_n shall_v be_v their_o portion_n david_n be_v sensible_a both_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o his_o youth_n and_o ripe_a age_n how_o heavy_a they_o will_v be_v upon_o he_o if_o god_n call_v they_o to_o remembrance_n pray_v earnest_o that_o god_n will_v not_o remember_v they_o against_o he_o psal_n 25._o v._n 7._o though_o he_o be_v a_o potent_a king_n and_o a_o excellent_a musician_n a_o man_n of_o a_o sanguine_a complexion_n and_o such_o natural_o be_v most_o cheerful_a yet_o after_o he_o have_v commit_v those_o two_o scandalous_a sin_n murder_n and_o adultery_n he_o lose_v his_o former_a cheerfulness_n he_o complain_v of_o break_a bone_n psal_n 51._o 8._o of_o restless_a bone_n psal_n 37._o 3._o of_o disease_a bone_n psal_n 6._o 3._o his_o sad_a condition_n be_v far_o aggravate_v psal_n 6._o 6_o 7._o &_o 38._o 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8._o 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himself_o and_o he_o shall_v be_v hold_v with_o the_o cord_n of_o his_o sin_n he_o shall_v die_v without_o instruction_n and_o in_o the_o greatness_n of_o his_o folly_n he_o shall_v go_v astray_o piscut_fw-la isa_n 3._o 10_o 11._o rom._n 6._o 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pro_fw-la stipendio_fw-la &_o quovis_fw-la salario_fw-la accipitur_fw-la piscut_fw-la compare_v those_o two_o different_a sentence_n together_o isa_n 3._o 10_o 11._o sin_n have_v a_o voice_n it_o cry_v aloud_o for_o its_o wage_n and_o that_o be_v a_o dead_a pay_n rom._n 6._o 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d young_a man_n rush_v into_o sin_n with_o greediness_n but_o they_o take_v not_o into_o their_o thought_n the_o consideration_n of_o a_o day_n of_o a_o account_n there_o will_v come_v a_o day_n of_o visitation_n a_o day_n of_o recompense_n when_o god_n will_v reckon_v with_o thou_o for_o thy_o most_o delightful_a sin_n in_o thy_o elder_a age_n thou_o must_v feel_v the_o smart_n of_o they_o and_o possess_v a_o bitter_a inheritance_n read_v that_o sacred_a irony_n of_o the_o wise_a man_n rejoice_v o_o young_a man_n etc._n etc._n eccles_n 11._o 9_o sinne._n reas_n second_o draw_v from_o the_o nature_n and_o quality_n of_o sinne._n a_o second_o reason_n shall_v be_v draw_v from_o the_o nature_n and_o quality_n of_o sin_n every_o sin_n be_v a_o pollution_n a_o defile_v of_o the_o conscience_n there_o be_v a_o abundance_n of_o filthiness_n in_o every_o sin_n this_o the_o psalmist_n question_n imply_v wherewithal_o shall_v a_o young_a man_n cleanse_v his_o way_n psal_n 119._o 9_o sin_n in_o sctipture_n be_v call_v lewdness_n folly_n perverseness_n uncleanness_n compare_v to_o a_o menstruous_a cloth_n to_o dung_n vomit_n mire_n poison_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v nothing_o so_o loathsome_a in_o our_o eye_n as_o sin_n be_v in_o the_o pure_a eye_n of_o god_n sin_n be_v the_o poison_n of_o the_o soul_n sin_n be_v worse_a than_o hell_n than_o the_o devil_n more_o black_a more_o ugly_a then_o 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