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A70158 Gods eye on His Israel, or, A passage of Balaam, out of Numb. 23, 21 containing matter very seasonable and suitable to the times : expounded and cleared from antinomian abuse, with application to the present estate of things with us / by Tho. Gataker ... Gataker, Thomas, 1574-1654. 1645 (1645) Wing G321; ESTC R7798 128,608 144

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though_o a_o loose_a off_o at_o other_o time_n they_o dare_v not_o endure_v to_o conclude_v let_v it_o be_v our_o principal_a care_n to_o have_v our_o practice_n in_o this_o kind_a correspondent_a to_o our_o prayer_n that_o as_o we_o be_v teach_v by_o our_o saviour_n to_o pray_v in_o the_o first_o place_n that_o god_n name_n may_v be_v sanctify_v so_o in_o our_o practice_n we_o prefer_v the_o seek_n and_o procure_v thereof_o before_o all_o other_o thing_n even_o our_o own_o outward_a safety_n itself_o god_n behold_v we_o to_o have_v such_o a_o regardful_a eye_n to_o he_o and_o to_o his_o glory_n will_v no_o doubt_n have_v no_o less_o regardful_a a_o eye_n unto_o we_o and_o to_o our_o good_a and_o may_v the_o rather_o be_v enduce_v to_o afford_v that_o safety_n unto_o we_o which_o we_o be_v willing_o and_o ready_o content_v rather_o to_o hazard_v then_o to_o fail_v in_o our_o duty_n to_o he_o finis_fw-la imprimatur_fw-la thomas_n gataker_n esca●es_o 〈…〉_o apply_v in_o the_o preface_n read_v p._n 6._o l._n 4_o they_o the_o p._n 14._o l._n 17._o those_o time_n p._n 15._o l._n 12._o it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o margin_n p._n 5._o light_v p_o ●_o qem_fw-la c●vat_fw-la p._n 21._o l._n b_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o treatise_n pag._n 7._o line_n 32._o greek_n expositor_n p._n 10._o l._n 16._o in_o those_o two_o p._n 23._o l._n 18._o wickedness_n p._n 27._o l._n 13._o high_o of_o they_o p_o 32._o l._n 14._o any_o son_n of_o iniquity_n any_o wrong_a doer_n p._n 43._o l._n 2._o in_o his_o cause_n p._n 47._o l._n 7._o sick_a and_o i●_n prison_n and_o you_o visi_fw-la l._n 32._o if_o in_o any_o wise_a p._n 64._o l_o 3._o other_o p._n 65._o l._n 19_o people_n p._n ●1_n l._n 28._o on_o they_o p._n 83._o l_o 16._o ammon_n p._n 88_o l._n 8._o but_o in_o th●s_n in_o the_o margin_n p._n 11._o light_v y_fw-es 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 22._o l._n i_o deal_n cum_fw-la p._n 23._o l._n r._n &_o simile_n p._n 3●_n l._n t_o petr._n celens_n x_o cassiodor_n p._n 52._o l._n h_o aut_fw-la ciausum_fw-la ibid._n vatabl._n p_o 64._o l._n g_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n oram_fw-la p._n 66._o l._n ●_o qia_fw-gr qicunqe_n p_o 70._o l._n c_o bern_n nom_fw-fr serm_n in_o 〈◊〉_d dom._n p._n 79._o l._n z_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 80_o l._n b_o ammian_n p._n 1●_n l_o b_o facti_fw-la cr_n l._n c_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p_o 86._o l._n a_o simoc._n p._n 89._o l._n e_fw-la scuta_fw-la i._o prot_n p._n 91._o l._n ●_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 49-ad_a lit_fw-fr h_z add_v p.m._n non_fw-la ultiomum_fw-la aut_fw-la judiciorum_fw-la qod_fw-la miserendi_fw-la cau●am_fw-la &_o originem_fw-la sumat_fw-la ex_fw-la proprio_fw-la judicandi_fw-la vel_fw-la ul●ciscendi_fw-la magis_fw-la ex_fw-la nostro_fw-la bern._n in_o nat._n dom._n serm_n 5._o 5._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr dicendum_fw-la in_o concionibus_fw-la ad_fw-la populum_fw-la imagine_v ullas_fw-la adorari_fw-la debere_fw-la cultu_fw-la latriae_fw-la sed_fw-la è_fw-la contrario_fw-la non_fw-la debere_fw-la sic_fw-la adorari_fw-la qia_fw-la hoc_fw-la dicere_fw-la non_fw-la caret_fw-la magno_fw-la periculo_fw-la offendit_fw-la aures_fw-la catholicorum_fw-la praebet_fw-la occasionem_fw-la haereticis_fw-la liberius_fw-la blasphemandi_fw-la bellar._n the_o cult_a sanct_a l._n 2._o c._n 22._o qin_n &_o qo_fw-la idolatriae_fw-la crimen_fw-la amolirentur_fw-la imagine_v ullas_fw-la omniuò_fw-la ●i_fw-la se_fw-la coli_fw-la negarunt_fw-la apud_fw-la nonnullos_fw-la quidam_fw-la sacrificuli_fw-la &_o in_o collationae_fw-la caleti_n mecum_fw-la habitâ_fw-la duo_fw-la fraterculi_fw-la fraterculi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysost._n in_o babyl_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lucian_n pseudolog_fw-la pseudolog_fw-la veritas_fw-la non_fw-la qaerit_fw-la angulos_fw-la non_fw-la amat_fw-la bern._n in_o serm_n serm_n nihil_fw-la veritas_fw-la erubescit_fw-la nisi_fw-la solummodo_fw-la abscondi_fw-la tertul._n ad_fw-la valent._n c._n 3._o unum_fw-la gestit_fw-la ne_fw-la ignorata_fw-la damnetur_fw-la idem_fw-la apolog_fw-la c._n 1._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basil._n orat_fw-la 14._o &_o simeon_n orat_fw-la 1._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aeschyl_n arm_n jud_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eurip._n phaeniss_n theodoret._n therap_n l._n 1._o julian_n orat_fw-la 7._o stob._n c._n 11._o 11._o abscondit_fw-la se_fw-la quantum_fw-la potest_fw-la totamqe_fw-la prudentiam_fw-la in_o latebrarum_fw-la ambagibus_fw-la torqet_fw-la aliè_fw-fr habitat_fw-la in_fw-la caeca_fw-la detruditur_fw-la per_fw-la anfractu●_n seriem_fw-la svam_fw-la evolvit_fw-la tortuosè_fw-la procedit_fw-la nec_fw-la semel_fw-la totus_fw-la luci_fw-la fuga_fw-la bestia_fw-la tertul._n ad_fw-la val_n c_o 3_o 3_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d oppi●n_n pisc._n l._n 3._o vbi_fw-la sensere_fw-la se_fw-la apprehendi_fw-la effuso_fw-la atramento_fw-la infuscatâ_fw-la aqâ_fw-la absconduntur_fw-la plin._n l._n 9_o c._n 29._o 29._o ut_fw-la aspersae_fw-la falsitatis_fw-la nebulis_fw-la seductus_fw-la