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a_o christian_n journal_n or_o brief_a direction_n for_o devotion_n and_o conversation_n brevis_fw-la praedicatio_fw-la long_fw-mi comminatio_fw-la actio_fw-la perpetua_fw-la denique_fw-la quid_fw-la verbis_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la spectemur_fw-la agendo_fw-la london_n print_a for_o the_o author_n and_o sell_v by_o r._n bentley_n in_o russel-street_n 1684._o to_o the_o right_n honourable_a the_o lady_n philippa_n mohun_v baroness_n of_o oakhampton_n madam_n i_o humble_o present_a to_o your_o ladyship_n these_o few_o glean_n which_o i_o have_v gather_v and_o tie_v up_o into_o this_o little_a sheaf_n i_o be_o not_o ashamed_a to_o acknowledge_v that_o much_o of_o it_o be_v none_o of_o my_o own_o in_o divinity_n all_o man_n must_v be_v borrower_n and_o no_o man_n know_v more_o than_o what_o be_v reveal_v the_o ambition_n of_o discovery_n have_v be_v one_o of_o the_o chief_a ground_n of_o those_o many_o heresy_n and_o schism_n with_o which_o the_o world_n be_v at_o this_o day_n overrun_v 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