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A44543 The sirenes, or, Delight and judgment represented in a discourse concerning the great day of judgment and its power to damp and imbitter sensual delights, sports, and recreations / by Anthony Horneck ... Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697. 1690 (1690) Wing H2853; ESTC R8310 130,970 370

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to_o stage_n play_v p._n 186._o inference_n draw_v from_o the_o premise_n 1._o how_o far_o sorrow_n be_v better_a than_o laughter_n explain_v p._n 247._o 2._o how_o different_o spiritual_a thing_n affect_v man_n as_o they_o either_o attentive_o or_o inattentive_o think_v upon_o they_o p._n 262._o 3._o how_o much_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o world_n be_v to_o be_v pity_v that_o can_v delight_v in_o nothing_o but_o what_o they_o can_v grasp_v and_o feel_v p_o 271._o 4._o how_o unreasonable_a it_o be_v to_o harbour_v any_o hard_a thought_n of_o religion_n because_o it_o debar_v we_o of_o dangerous_a sensual_a delight_n p._n 283._o 5._o how_o necessary_a it_o be_v to_o prepare_v for_o the_o great_a day_n of_o account_n direction_n 1._o to_o pity_v those_o inconsiderate_a man_n that_o live_v as_o if_o there_o be_v no_o future_a judgement_n p._n 297._o 2._o to_o spend_v some_o time_n every_o day_n in_o reflect_v upon_o this_o day_n p._n 299._o 3._o to_o walk_v circumspect_o every_o day_n and_o to_o use_v that_o conscientiousness_n we_o will_v use_v be_v we_o sure_a we_o shall_v be_v summon_v to_o judgement_n at_o night_n p._n 307._o 4._o to_o reflect_v and_o think_v on_o this_o day_n whenever_o we_o see_v or_o hear_v of_o the_o judicial_a process_n of_o a_o malefactor_n p._n 310._o 5._o to_o reflect_v on_o this_o day_n whenever_o we_o converse_v with_o sick_a and_o die_a man_n or_o be_v present_a when_o their_o breath_n leave_v their_o body_n p._n 315._o 6._o to_o reflect_v on_o this_o day_n whenever_o we_o go_v to_o a_o funeral_n p._n 319._o 7._o to_o judge_v ourselves_o here_o on_o earth_n in_o order_n to_o avoid_v the_o terror_n of_o god_n future_a judgement_n p._n 324._o 8._o in_o our_o action_n to_o regard_v not_o so_o much_o how_o they_o be_v relish_v with_o man_n as_o whether_o they_o will_v endure_v the_o test_n before_o the_o judge_n when_o our_o soul_n shall_v appear_v before_o he_o p._n 328._o 9_o to_o bear_v injury_n patient_o out_o of_o regard_n to_o 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