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A62128 XXXVI sermons viz. XVI ad aulam, VI ad clerum, VI ad magistratum, VIII ad populum : with a large preface / by the right reverend father in God, Robert Sanderson, late lord bishop of Lincoln ; whereunto is now added the life of the reverend and learned author, written by Isaac Walton. Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663.; Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683. 1686 (1686) Wing S638; ESTC R31805 1,064,866 813

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divin_n nomin_v 2._o 2._o marlorat_n in_o enchirid._n 3._o 3._o acts._n 15._o 9_o 9_o joh._n 1._o 12._o &_o galat._n 4._o 26._o 26._o rom._n 3._o 28._o &_o 5._o 1._o 1._o hab._n 2._o 4._o &_o gal._n 2._o 20._o 20._o rom._n 15._o 13._o 1_o pet._n 1._o 8._o 8._o rom._n 5._o 1._o 1._o act_n 16._o 34._o ephes._n 1._o 8._o 8._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la dixerit_fw-la opera_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la ante_fw-la justificationem_fw-la fiunt_fw-la verè_fw-la esse_fw-la peccata_fw-la anathema_n sit_v con._n trident._n sess._n 6._o can._n 7._o 4._o 5._o 1._o 2._o 2._o though_o s._n august_n sometime_o apply_v it_o also_o to_o prove_v that_o all_o the_o action_n of_o infidel_n meaning_n &c_n &c_n be_v sin_n rhem._n annot_n in_o loc._n loc._n et_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la fide_fw-la peccatum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la sc_n intelligat_fw-la justitiam_fw-la infidelium_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la justitiam_fw-la quia_fw-la sordet_fw-la natura_fw-la sine_fw-la gratia_fw-la prosper_v in_o epist_n ad_fw-la rufin_n vid._n etiam_fw-la eundem_fw-la contra_fw-la collat._n collat._n extra_n ecclesiam_fw-la catholicam_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la integrum_fw-la nihil_fw-la castum_fw-la dicente_fw-la apostolo_n omne_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la etc._n etc._n leo_fw-la serm_n 2._o the_o jejun_n penitent_n 6._o 6._o t._n c._n l._n 1._o p._n 59_o etc._n etc._n apud_fw-la hooker_n lib._n 2._o 2._o rom._n 10._o 17._o 17._o t._n c._n l._n p._n 27._o apud_fw-la hooker_n lib._n 2._o sect._n 4._o 7._o 7._o job_n 13._o 7._o 8._o 8._o i_o say_v that_o the_o word_n of_o god_n contain_v whatsoever_o thing_n can_v fall_v into_o any_o part_n of_o man_n life_n t._n c._n lib._n 1._o p._n 20._o apud_fw-la hooker_n lib._n 2._o §._o 1._o 9_o 9_o rom._n 4._o 15._o 15._o rom._n 2._o 15._o 15._o rom._n 2._o 15._o 15._o tertul._n de_fw-fr coron_n milit_fw-la cap._n 4._o 10._o 1._o 2._o 3._o 3._o matth._n 7._o 12._o 12._o 1_o cor._n 14._o 40._o ii_o 12._o 12._o ver._n 4_o 10_o &_o 13._o 13._o 13._o verse_n 3._o 14._o 14._o it_o be_v indeed_o full_o handle_v by_o m_n hooker_n in_o his_o second_o book_n of_o eccles_n policy_n but_o few_o man_n of_o that_o party_n will_v read_v his_o work_n though_o write_v with_o singular_a learning_n wisdom_n godliness_n and_o moderation_n moderation_n pet._n blesens_n epist._n 131._o 131._o delicata_fw-la satis_fw-la imo_fw-la nimis_fw-la molesta_fw-la est_fw-la ista_fw-la obedientia_fw-la etc._n etc._n bern._n the_o precept_n &_o dispen_v dispen_v infirmae_fw-la prorsus_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la indicium_fw-la est_fw-la statuta_fw-la seniorum_fw-la studiosiùs_fw-la discutere_fw-la haerere_fw-la ad_fw-la singulae_fw-la quae_fw-la injunguntur_fw-la exigere_fw-la de_fw-la quibusque_fw-la rationem_fw-la &_o male_a suspicari_fw-la de_fw-la omni_fw-la praecepto_fw-la cujus_fw-la causa_fw-la latuerit_fw-la nec_fw-la unquam_fw-la libenter_fw-la ordire_fw-la nisi_fw-la &c_n &c_n bern._n ibid._n 15._o 15._o isaiah_n 40._o 1_o 2._o 2._o isaiah_n 61._o 1_o 3._o 3._o rom._n 8._o 15._o 15._o 1_o tim._n 1._o 7._o 7._o psal._n 45._o 7._o 7._o psal._n 30._o 11._o 16._o 16._o see_v article_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n artic._n 6._o 17._o 17._o hime_v in_o rom._n 14._o 1._o 1._o piscat_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n joh._n 3._o 36._o &_o act_v 14._o 1_o 2._o 2._o hic_fw-la verse_n 2._o 2._o 2._o verse_n 14._o 3._o 3._o verse_n 22._o 4._o 4._o verse_n 23._o 18._o 19_o 1._o 1._o respectus_n non_fw-la mutant_fw-la naturam_fw-la naturam_fw-la opinio_fw-la nostra_fw-la nobis_fw-la legem_fw-la facit_fw-la ambr._n de_fw-fr paradis_n 2._o 2._o joh._n 16._o 2._o 2._o act_n 26._o 9_o 9_o 1_o tim._n 1._o 13._o 13._o act_n 23._o 3_o 4._o &_o phil._n 3._o 6._o 3._o 20._o 1._o 2._o 3._o ubi_fw-la est_fw-la suspicio_fw-la ibi_fw-la discussi●_n necessaria_fw-la bernard_n ep._n 7._o 7._o ratio_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la manifestis_fw-la non_fw-la inquirit_fw-la sed_fw-la statim_fw-la judicat_fw-la aquin._n 1_o 2._o qu._n 14._o 4._o ad_fw-la 2._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n arist._n 1._o mag._n moral_a 18._o 18._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arist._n 2._o eth._n 5._o 21._o 21._o verse_n 5._o hic_fw-la plene_fw-la certus_fw-la sit_fw-la heming_n heming_n quasi_fw-la plenis_fw-la velis_fw-la feratur_fw-la piscat_fw-la in_o schol._n ad_fw-la rom._n 14._o 5._o 5._o luke_n 9_o 50._o 50._o 1_o cor._n 14._o 40._o 40._o 1_o tim._n 4._o 4._o 4._o tit._n 1._o 15._o 15._o rom._n 14._o 14._o 14._o 1_o cor._n 6._o 12._o 22._o 22._o herodot_n in_o clio_n senec._n 3._o de_fw-fr ira_fw-la 21._o 23._o 23._o qui_fw-fr agit_fw-fr contra_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la qua_fw-la credit_n deum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la prohibuisse_fw-la licet_fw-la erret_fw-la contemnit_fw-la deum_fw-la bonavent_n 2._o scent_n do_v 39_o 39_o menand_n menand_n pres._n satyr_n 5._o 5._o jam._n 4._o 17._o 17._o quod_fw-la sit_fw-la contra_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la aedificat_fw-la ad_fw-la gehennam_fw-la c._n 28._o qu._n 1._o omnes_fw-la sect._n ex_fw-la his_o his_o rom._n 14._o 22._o 22._o dan._n 3._o 16_o 18._o 18._o c._n 11._o qu._n 3._o qui_fw-la resistet_fw-la ex_fw-la augustino_n 24._o 25._o 25._o animo_fw-la nunc_fw-la huc_fw-la nunc_fw-la fluctuat_fw-la illuc_fw-la virg._n aeneid_n 10._o 10._o jam._n 1._o 8._o 1._o 1._o ibid._n ibid._n eph._n 4._o 14._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 26._o 1._o 2._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arist._n 3._o ethic_n 4._o 3._o 3._o 1_o cor._n 7._o 36._o 36._o non_fw-la tibi_fw-la imputabitur_fw-la ad_fw-la culpam_fw-la quod_fw-la invitus_fw-la ignoras_fw-la aug._n the_o nat_n &_o great_a 27._o 27._o nil_fw-la faciendum_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la dubites_fw-la sit_fw-la necne_fw-la rectè_fw-la factum_fw-la cic_fw-la l._n 1._o de_fw-fr offic_n 28._o 28._o be_v damnum_fw-la that_fw-mi qui_fw-la jubet_fw-la dare_fw-mi ejus_fw-la ver_fw-la ꝰ_n nulla_fw-la culpa_fw-la est_fw-la cui_fw-la parere_fw-la necesse_fw-la sit_fw-la l._n 169._o f._n the_o div_o reg._n jur_n jur_n bernard_n ●e_v precept_n &_o dispen_n dispen_n rom._n 13._o 1._o 1_o pe●_n 2._o 13._o 29._o 29._o rom._n 15._o 6._o 6._o isidor_n isidor_n dubius_n incertus_fw-la quasi_fw-la duarum_fw-la viarum_fw-la isid._n 10._o etym._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plus_fw-fr est_fw-fr standum_fw-la praecepto_fw-la praelati_fw-la quam_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la bonav_n 2._o ●sen_n distinct_a 39_o 30._o 30._o gregor_n 31._o 32._o 32._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d solon_n apud_fw-la stob._n serm._n 3_o 33._o 1._o 2._o 3._o 34._o luk._n 12._o 1_o matth._n 16._o 12._o 1_o cor._n 5._o 8._o percu●it_fw-la illos_fw-la atrociore_fw-la recriminatione_fw-la eras._n in_o paraph_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys._n hom._n 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys._n ibid._n isa._n 29._o 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act._n 26._o 5._o luk._n 16._o 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o tim._n 4._o 2._o 1_o thes._n 5._o 21._o 1_o joh._n 4._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n mark_v 10._o 19_o luk._n 18._o 10._o jer._n 45._o 6._o jer._n 35._o 18_o 19_o abridgm_n linc._n p._n 44._o per_fw-la appositionem_fw-la eras._n bez._n jer._n 23._o 28._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 12_o 15._o gal._n 1._o 8._o 2_o joh._n 10._o mat._n 15._o 12._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 12._o 15._o andradus_fw-la multò_fw-la maxima_fw-la pars_fw-la evangelii_n pervenit_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la traditione_n perexigua_fw-la literis_fw-la est_fw-la mandata_fw-la hos._n confes._n c._n 92._o egenum_fw-la elementum_fw-la hosius_n plumbea_fw-la regula_fw-la pighius_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n v._o chamier_n tom._n 1_o panstrat_n lib._n 9_o c._n 16._o jewel_n defence_n 2._o c._n 9_o 9_o non_fw-fr male_a comparari_fw-la pharisaeos_fw-la catholicis_fw-la serarius_fw-la apud_fw-la hal._n seron_n mat._n 5._o 30._o 30._o sadoc_n discipulus_fw-la antiqui_fw-la sochaei_fw-la author_n sectae_fw-la sadducaeorum_n secundum_fw-la rabbinos_fw-la v._o el._n tisb_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d schindler_n in_o lexic_n pentagl_n sed_fw-la hoc_fw-la ut_fw-la commentum_fw-la rabbinicum_fw-la exigit_fw-la montacutius_n qui_fw-la sadducaeorum_n originem_fw-la ad_fw-la dositheum_fw-la quendam_fw-la refert_fw-la ex_fw-la authoritate_fw-la epiphanii_n &_o aliorum_fw-la eosque_fw-la sadducaeos_fw-la dictos_fw-la confirmat_fw-la à_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d justitia_fw-la ob_fw-la mores_fw-la austeros_fw-la &_o in_o judiciis_fw-la severitatem_fw-la v._o montacut_n appar_fw-la 7._o sect_n 49._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n jos._n 13._o antiq._n 18._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epiph._n in_o ptol._n justin._n nuell_n 146._o &_o alii_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys._n hom_o 51._o in_o mat._n mox_fw-la subsecuta_fw-la est_fw-la corruptela_fw-la calvin_n in_o loc_n exod._n 8._o 14._o 1_o cor._n 8._o 8._o rom._n 13._o 5._o 20._o every_o particular_a or_o national_a church_n have_v authority_n to_o ordain_v change_n and_o abolish_v ceremony_n etc._n etc._n art_n 34._o 34._o the_o ceremony_n that_o remain_v be_v retain_v for_o discipline_n and_o order_n which_o upon_o just_a cause_n may_v be_v alter_v and_o change_v and_o therefore_o be_v not_o to_o be_v esteem_v equal_a with_o god_n law_n pref._n of_o cerem_fw-la cerem_fw-la the_o church_n have_v power_n to_o decree_v rite_n and_o ceremony_n but_o it_o ought_v not_o beside_o the_o
do_v in_o the_o year_n 1659._o and_o the_o promise_n be_v that_o he_o will_v pay_v he_o that_o or_o if_o he_o desire_v it_o a_o great_a sum_n yearly_o during_o his_o life_n to_o enable_v he_o to_o pay_v a_o amanuensis_fw-la to_o ease_v he_o from_o the_o trouble_n of_o write_v what_o he_o shall_v conceive_v or_o dictate_v for_o the_o moré_fw-it particular_a account_n of_o which_o i_o refer_v my_o reader_n to_o a_o letter_n write_v to_o i_o by_o the_o say_a dr._n barlow_n which_o i_o have_v annex_v to_o the_o end_n of_o this_o relation_n towards_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o year_n 1600._o when_o the_o many_o mix_a sect_n and_o their_o creator_n and_o merciless_a protector_n have_v lead_v or_o drive_v each_o other_o into_o a_o whirl-pool_n of_o confusion_n both_o in_o church_n and_o state_n when_o amazement_n and_o fear_n have_v seize_v most_o of_o they_o by_o foresee_v they_o must_v now_o not_o only_o vomit_v up_o the_o church_n and_o the_o king_n land_n but_o their_o accuse_a conscience_n do_v also_o give_v they_o a_o inward_a and_o fearful_a intelligence_n that_o the_o god_n of_o opposition_n disobedience_n and_o confusion_n which_o they_o have_v so_o long_o and_o so_o diligent_o fear_v be_v now_o ready_a to_o reward_v they_o with_o such_o wage_n as_o he_o always_o pay_v to_o witch_n for_o their_o obey_v he_o when_o these_o wretch_n that_o have_v say_v to_o themselves_o we_o shall_v see_v no_o sorrow_n be_v come_v to_o foresee_v a_o end_n of_o their_o cruel_a reign_n by_o our_o king_n return_n and_o such_o sufferer_n as_o dr._n sanderson_n and_o with_o he_o many_o of_o the_o oppress_a clergy_n and_o other_o can_v foresee_v the_o cloud_n of_o their_o affliction_n will_v be_v disperse_v by_o it_o then_o the_o 29_o of_o may_n follow_v the_o king_n be_v by_o our_o good_a god_n restore_v to_o we_o and_o we_o to_o our_o know_a law_n and_o liberty_n and_o then_o a_o general_a joy_n and_o peace_n seem_v to_o breath_n through_o the_o three_o nation_n the_o suffering_n and_o sequester_a clergy_n who_o have_v like_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n sit_v long_o lament_v their_o sad_a condition_n and_o hang_v their_o neglect_a harp_n on_o the_o willow_n that_o grow_v by_o the_o river_n of_o babylon_n be_v after_o many_o thoughtful_a day_n and_o restless_a night_n now_o free_v from_o their_o sequestration_n restore_v to_o their_o revenue_n and_o to_o a_o liberty_n to_o adore_v praise_n and_o pray_v to_o almighty_a god_n public_o in_o such_o order_n as_o their_o conscience_n and_o oath_n have_v former_o oblige_v they_o and_o the_o reader_n will_v easy_o believe_v that_o dr._n sanderson_n and_o his_o deject_a family_n rejoice_v to_o see_v this_o happy_a day_n and_o be_v of_o this_o number_n at_o this_o time_n of_o the_o conformable_a clergy_n deliverance_n from_o the_o presbyterian_a severity_n the_o doctor_n say_v to_o a_o friend_n i_o look_v back_o on_o this_o strange_a and_o happy_a turn_n of_o the_o late_a time_n with_o amazement_n and_o 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