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A91363 A little cabinet richly stored with all sorts of heavenly varieties, and soul-reviving influences. Wherein there is a remedy for every malady, viz. milk for babes, and meat for strong men, and the ready way for both to obtain and retain assurance of salvation: being an abridgement of the sum and substance of the true Christian religion; wherein the cause of our salvation, the way, the guide, the rule, the evidence, the seals, &c. and the connection of these points together, and dependancy of them one upon another: this I have endeavoured to do orderly, exactly, methodically, with much plainness and clearness. / By Robert Purnell. Purnell, Robert, d. 1666. 1657 (1657) Wing P4237; Thomason E1575_1; ESTC R209217 254,040 517

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there_o be_v none_o upright_o among_o man_n there_o be_v none_o righteous_a no_o not_o one_o rom._n 3._o 12._o we_o go_v astray_o as_o soon_o as_o we_o be_v bear_v psal_n 58._o 3._o every_o imagination_n of_o the_o thought_n of_o our_o heart_n be_v only_o evil_a and_o that_o continual_o gen._n 5._o 6._o nay_o all_o the_o saint_n themselves_o before_o conviction_n conversion_n and_o regeneration_n be_v guilty_a of_o original_n and_o actual_a transgression_n and_o so_o be_v by_o nature_n the_o child_n of_o wrath_n as_o well_o as_o other_o eph._n 2._o 3._o 1_o cor._n 6._o 9_o tit._n 3._o 3._o 1_o tim._n 1._o 13._o eccles_n 7._o 20._o what_o shall_v i_o say_v more_o the_o understanding_n be_v full_a of_o vanity_n psal_n 94._o 11._o nay_o it_o be_v full_a of_o blindness_n 1_o cor._n 2._o 24._o unteachableness_n and_o incredulity_n 2_o cor._n 4._o 4._o the_o will_n of_o man_n be_v whole_o deprave_v be_v contrary_a to_o god_n his_o word_n and_o spirit_n in_o all_o thing_n as_o for_o the_o 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