Selected quad for the lemma: reason_n

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15445	The delights of the saints A most comfortable treatise, of grace and peace, and many other excellent points. Whereby men may liue like saints on earth, and become true saints in heauen. First deliuered in a sermon preached at Pauls Crosse the second day of December, being the second Sunday of the Parliament. And in other sermons within the Cathedrall Church of Saint Paul, London. By Gryffith Williams, Doctor of Diuinity, and Parson of Lhan-Lhechyd. The contents are set downe after the epistle to the reader.	Williams, Gryffith, 1589?-1672.	1622 (1622)	STC 25716; ESTC S102808	185,617	476

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opinion_n nicholaus_fw-la de_fw-fr lyra_n carthusianus_n barradius_fw-la anoint_v whether_o the_o prophet_n be_v anoint_v and_o other_o do_v yield_v many_o probable_a reason_n to_o show_v that_o the_o prophet_n be_v not_o anoint_v with_o any_o material_a oil_n as_o 1._o because_o we_o read_v but_o of_o one_o even_o elizeus_fw-la that_o be_v ever_o bid_v to_o be_v anoint_v 2._o because_o we_o do_v not_o read_v that_o elias_n do_v anoint_v elizeus_fw-la but_o only_o throw_v his_o cloak_n over_o he_o which_o throw_v of_o his_o mantle_n carthusianus_n and_o lyra_n do_v call_v his_o anoint_v and_o therefore_o they_o do_v expound_v the_o word_n vnges_fw-la elizaeum_fw-la to_o signify_v nothing_o else_o but_o elige_v elizaeum_fw-la &_o creabis_fw-la eum_fw-la prophetam_fw-la thou_o shall_v choose_v elizaeus_n and_o make_v he_o prophet_n in_o thy_o stead_n 3._o