a_o sermon_n preach_v before_o the_o queen_n at_o whitehall_n february_n 22d_o 1688_o 9_o by_o edw._n stillingfleet_n d._n d._n dean_n of_o st._n paul_n london_n print_v for_o henry_n mortlocke_n at_o the_o phoenix_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n 1689._o imprimatur_fw-la hen._n wharton_n r._n r._n in_o christo_n p._n ac_fw-la d._n d._n wilhelmo_n archiep._n cant._n à _fw-la sacr._n dome_a exit_fw-la aed_n lamb._n march_n 1._o 1688._o i._o peter_n 4._o 18._o and_o if_o the_o righteous_a scarce_o be_v save_v where_o shall_v the_o ungodly_a and_o the_o sinner_n appear_v this_o epistle_n be_v write_v by_o s._n peter_n for_o the_o encouragement_n of_o christian_n under_o all_o their_o suffering_n but_o these_o word_n seem_v to_o carry_v so_o much_o terror_n and_o severity_n in_o they_o as_o though_o none_o but_o martyr_n and_o confessor_n can_v have_v any_o reason_n to_o hope_v for_o salvation_n and_o all_o other_o be_v to_o be_v leave_v in_o despair_n although_o mankind_n be_v not_o 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