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not_o be_v for_o raise_v scandal_n against_o any_o society_n of_o man_n much_o less_o against_o those_o who_o pretend_v to_o the_o gospel_n but_o when_o i_o see_v the_o effect_n of_o such_o kind_n of_o preach_v how_o it_o raise_v discontent_n and_o jealousy_n and_o become_v a_o aggrievance_n to_o the_o prince_n i_o can_v but_o wish_v that_o such_o as_o follow_v this_o method_n and_o intend_v the_o mischief_n be_v more_o loyal_a and_o such_o as_o intend_v it_o not_o be_v more_o wise_a howsoever_o it_o be_v i_o be_o sure_a the_o method_n be_v unwarrantable_a and_o not_o at_o all_o become_a those_o who_o will_v willing_o be_v think_v the_o best_a preacher_n in_o the_o world_n and_o the_o best_a subject_n finis_fw-la gazette_n june_n 13._o sermon_n july_n 17._o 1681._o at_o the_o assize_n at_o hunt_v pag._n 5._o by_o b._n smith_n sermon_n on_o mat._n 8._o 25._o april_n 11._o 1679._o on_o the_o fast-day_n serm._n before_o the_o commons_o decemb._n 22._o 1680._o at_o s._n margar._n west_n p._n 11._o dr._n burn._n b._n e._n before_o the_o lord_n in_o westm_n ab._n nou._n 5._o 1678._o p._n 24._o ibid._n p._n 39_o 40_o 41._o sermon_n of_o mr._n jane_n april_n 11._o 1679._o before_o the_o commons_o p._n 27_o 50._o b._n h._n nou._n 24._o 1678._o p._n 40_o 41._o dr._n sharp_a april_n 11._o 1679._o to_o the_o commons_o p._n 33._o dr._n tillot_v nou._n 5._o before_o house_n com._n 1678._o p._n 31_o 32_o 35._o dr._n still_o nou._n 13._o 1678._o before_o the_o commons_o p._n 42_o 43_o 44._o a.b.c._n no._n 13._o 1678._o before_o the_o lord_n in_o west_n abbey_n p._n 8_o 9_o 13_o 26_o 27._o pell_v before_o judge_n at_o westm_n jan._n 30._o 1683._o p._n 39_o burn._n before_o l._n mayor_n jan._n 30._o 1680_o 1_o p._n 11._o b._n smith_n at_o hunt._n assis_n july_n 17._o 1681._o p._n 5._o h._n hesketh_n before_o lord_n mayor_n at_o bow_n sep._n 12._o 1682._o j._n okes_n before_o judge_n at_o read_v july_n 12._o 1681._o p._n 19_o 20._o true_a account_n of_o a_o conference_n betw_o a._n p._n and_o dr._n t._n sermon_n on_o unity_n eph._n 4._o 3._o at_o whitehall_n march_v 10._o 1675._o pag._n 107._o th._n smith_n august_n 17._o 1679._o at_o oxford_n pag._n 19_o mr._n john_n at_o guildhall_n palm-sund_a 1679._o epist_n 9_o p._n 9_o 10._o dr._n standish_n mar._n 9_o 1682_o 3_o at_o hertford_n ass_n p._n 16._o j._n turner_n at_o lincolns-inn_n sep._n 29_o 1683._o p._n 23._o w._n wray_n no._n 5._o 1682._o pag._n 14_o 15._o j._n james_n at_o guildhall_n decem._n 24._o 1682._o p._n 29._o nat._n bisby_n serm._n call_v the_o modern_a pharisee_n 1683._o pag._n 11_o 12._o pag._n 18._o tho._n tenison_n at_o s._n sepul_n apr._n 6._o 1681._o p._n 16._o w._n orme_n at_o guildhall_n march_v 27._o 1681._o p._n 33._o hickeringil_n at_o colchester_n july_n 10._o 1681._o postscript_n p._n 30._o as_o david_n do_v before_o the_o ark_n dr._n fowler_n before_o the_o judge_n at_o gloucester_n august_n 7._o 1681._o p._n 14._o 15_o 16._o quod_fw-la si_fw-la aliquando_fw-la historias_fw-la &_o narrationes_fw-la sacrae_fw-la scripturae_fw-la exprimi_fw-la &_o figurari_fw-la contigerit_fw-la doceatur_fw-la populus_fw-la non_fw-la propterea_fw-la divinitatem_fw-la figurari_fw-la quasi_fw-la corporeis_fw-la oculis_fw-la conspici_fw-la vel_fw-la coloribus_fw-la aut_fw-la figuris_fw-la exprimi_fw-la possit_fw-la council_n trid._n sess_z 25._o dr._n hooper_n before_o the_o king_n no._n 5._o 1681._o p._n 16._o dr._n wallis_n at_o s._n mary_n oxon._n before_o the_o university_n oct._n 9_o 1681._o p._n 43._o dr._n calamy_n before_o the_o l._n mayor_n may_v 29._o 1682._o p._n 20._o b._n e._n before_o the_o lord_n no._n 5._o 1678._o dr._n sharp_a before_o commons_o apr._n 11._o 1679._o p._n 28_o 29._o dr._n butler_n at_o windsor_n decemb._n 8._o 1678._o p._n 32._o post_v evang._n dom_n 1._o adu._n spong_n adv_fw-la hatten_n joh._n 10._o 31._o dr._n south_n before_o the_o court_n at_o christchurch_n oxon._n pag._n 200_o dr._n fowler_n before_o the_o judge_n at_o gloucester_n august_n 7._o 1681._o b._n e._n before_o the_o lord_n no._n 5._o 1678._o judas_n ver._n 18_o 19_o ib._n v._n 9_o 10._o d._n b._n w._n in_o a_o sermon_n preach_v jan._n 30._o 1684_o 5._o but_o publish_a afterward_o and_o dedicate_v to_o king_n james_n ii_o pag._n 26._o dr._n sherlock_n to_o the_o commons_o may_v 29._o 1685._o pag._n 31_o 32._o