Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	work_n	world_n	writer_n	44	3	7.5374	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01093	Atheomastix clearing foure truthes, against atheists and infidels: 1. That, there is a God. 2. That, there is but one God. 3. That, Iehouah, our God, is that one God. 4. That, the Holy Scripture is the Word of that God. All of them proued, by naturall reasons, and secular authorities; for the reducing of infidels: and, by Scriptures, and Fathers, for the confirming of Christians. By the R. Reuerend Father in God, Martin Fotherby, late Bishop of Salisbury. The contents followes, next after the preface.	Fotherby, Martin, 1549 or 50-1620.	1622 (1622)	STC 11205; ESTC S121334	470,356	378

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note_v among_o the_o heathen_n as_o concern_v the_o worship_n of_o their_o several_a god_n 2._o yet_o that_o this_o discord_n do_v not_o infringe_v the_o general_a opinion_n as_o concern_v god_n 3._o but_o that_o it_o much_o confirm_v it_o pag._n 49_o chap._n 8._o certain_a objection_n touch_v impugn_v the_o generality_n of_o the_o forenamed_a consent_n as_o concern_v god_n 2._o the_o first_o of_o those_o objection_n open_v direct_o deny_v it_o 3._o the_o same_o objection_n answer_v p._n 55._o chap._n 9_o the_o second_o objection_n against_o this_o universality_n of_o consent_n unfold_v that_o religion_n be_v no_o better_o but_o a_o humane_a invention_n 2._o that_o objection_n confute_v by_o the_o aniquity_n 3._o universality_n 4._o consent_n 5._o perpetuity_n of_o religion_n p._n 58._o chap._n 10._o the_o three_o objection_n against_o the_o universality_n of_o consent_n in_o religion_n propound_v viz._n that_o it_o have_v be_v oppugn_v by_o diverse_a both_o wise_a and_o learned_a philosopher_n though_o call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o atheist_n 2._o that_o objection_n answer_v from_o the_o smallness_n of_o their_o number_n 3._o the_o weakness_n of_o their_o learning_n 4._o the_o mistake_n of_o their_o opinion_n 5._o and_o their_o inconstancy_n in_o their_o assertion_n p._n 66._o chap._n 11._o the_o two_o end_n of_o atheism_n not_o to_o serve_v and_o not_o to_o fear_v 2._o the_o atheist_n in_o the_o first_o of_o these_o two_o end_n be_v disappoint_v become_v a_o base_a servant_n unto_o all_o his_o own_o vice_n 3._o but_o more_o especial_o unto_o his_o ambition_n 4._o and_o his_o belly_n 5._o all_o which_o service_n he_o refer_v to_o himself_o he_o become_v thereby_o a_o god_n unto_o himself_o p._n 112._o chap._n 12._o the_o atheist_n second_o end_n be_v to_o free_v himself_o from_o fear_n 2._o yet_o no_o man_n fear_v more_o as_o he_o bewray_v at_o three_o time_n 3._o when_o he_o dream_v 4._o when_o it_o thunder_v 5._o when_o he_o die_v 6._o this_o his_o fear_n be_v a_o clear_a argument_n that_o he_o think_v there_o be_v a_o god_n p._n 121._o chap._n 13._o that_o beside_o the_o forenamed_a direct_a confession_n of_o atheist_n diverse_a of_o they_o have_v direct_o and_o express_o confess_v confess_v god_n 2._o some_o of_o they_o unwitting_o 3._o some_o of_o they_o unwilling_o 4._o and_o some_o of_o they_o both_o witting_o aend_v willing_o pag._n 135._o chap._n 14._o that_o though_o atheist_n shall_v never_o have_v confess_v neither_o direct_o nor_o indirect_o but_o always_o most_o obstinate_o have_v deny_v he_o yet_o that_o there_o be_v no_o reckon_n to_o be_v make_v of_o their_o opinion_n 2._o because_o in_o the_o opinion_n of_o all_o wise_a &_o learned_a man_n they_o be_v esteem_v no_o better_a than_o either_o fool_n 3._o or_o mad_a man_n 4._o or_o monster_n of_o man_n p._n 147._o chap._n 15._o that_o god_n have_v at_o all_o time_n pour_v down_o his_o just_a judgement_n upon_o the_o head_n of_o atheist_n by_o they_o sensible_o declare_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n 2._o example_n out_o of_o scripture_n 3._o example_n out_o of_o ecclesiastical_a history_n 4._o example_n out_o of_o heathen_a writer_n 5._o a_o objection_n answer_v concern_v the_o punishment_n of_o those_o atheist_n p._n 153_o chap._n 16._o that_o the_o general_a consent_n of_o all_o man_n in_o agree_v so_o full_o that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n be_v a_o infallible_a argument_n that_o there_o be_v one_o indeed_o 2._o that_o to_o this_o end_n it_o be_v allege_v by_o those_o author_n that_o have_v observe_v it_o 3._o in_o make_v it_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n 4._o in_o make_v consent_n a_o symptom_n of_o truth_n in_o all_o thing_n 5._o in_o make_v it_o the_o chief_a argument_n that_o can_v be_v bring_v in_o this_o cause_n p._n 163._o &_o 164._o the_o chapter_n contain_v in_o the_o second_o book_n chapter_n 1._o that_o all_o art_n lead_v to_o god_n 2._o the_o metaphysic_n by_o two_o argument_n 3._o the_o first_o be_v the_o limit_v of_o all_o finite_a thing_n as_o of_o natural_a body_n 4._o and_o of_o their_o natural_a faculty_n 5._o and_o yet_o not_o by_o the_o sun_n which_o itself_o be_v limit_v 6._o both_o in_o his_o own_o work_n 7._o and_o in_o his_o move_n 8._o by_o the_o limit_v also_o of_o all_o artificial_a faculty_n 9_o and_o final_o by_o the_o limit_v of_o all_o spiritual_a grace_n pag._n 171._o chap._n 2._o the_o immensity_n of_o man_n appeti●●s_n do_v she●_n that_o there_o be_v a_o ●od_a 2._o the_o immensity_n of_o natural_a appetite_n 3._o the_o immensity_n of_o sensitive_a appetite_n 4._o the_o immensity_n of_o intellectual_a or_o spiritual_a appetite_n 5._o the_o immensity_n of_o desire_n 6._o the_o immensity_n of_o anger_n 7._o the_o immensity_n of_o will_n 8._o and_o yet_o god_n be_v able_a to_o fill_v they_o all_o p._n 197._o &_o 198._o chap._n 3._o that_o every_o thing_n in_o nature_n have_v a_o cause_n of_o his_o be_v 2._o that_o nothing_o can_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o own_o be_v 3._o that_o among_o the_o cause_n there_o be_v one_o first_o and_o supreme_a cause_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n 4._o that_o this_o first_o and_o supreme_a cause_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o god_n p._n 212._o chap._n 4._o that_o these_o sensible_a and_o second_o motion_n direct_v we_o unto_o a_o first_o 2._o that_o a_o first_o motion_n do_v necessary_o imply_v a_o first_o mover_n 3._o that_o this_o first_o mover_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o motion_n in_o the_o world_n 4._o and_o that_o therefore_o this_o first_o mover_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o god_n pag._n 224._o chap._n 5._o that_o the_o true_a cause_n of_o sickness_n be_v sin_n against_o god_n 2._o that_o god_n for_o this_o cause_n do_v threaten_v to_o send_v sickness_n 3._o that_o he_o send_v it_o according_a to_o his_o threaten_n 4._o that_o physician_n observe_v the_o stroke_n of_o god_n vengeance_n to_o be_v in_o many_o sickness_n pag._n 234._o chap._n 6._o that_o god_n be_v the_o giver_n of_o health_n unto_o man_n 2._o that_o he_o be_v the_o preserver_n of_o it_o 3._o that_o he_o be_v the_o restorer_n of_o it_o 4._o both_o by_o give_v medicinable_a herb_n unto_o man_n 5._o and_o by_o teach_v they_o the_o right_a use_n of_o they_o 6._o and_o by_o join_v his_o blessing_n unto_o their_o work_n p._n 244._o chap._n 7._o little_a city_n do_v rise_v to_o be_v great_a 2._o great_a city_n do_v fall_v to_o be_v little_a 3._o yet_o be_v not_o this_o the_o work_n of_o either_o fate_n or_o fortune_n 4._o but_o of_o god_n own_o providence_n and_o preordination_n 5._o who_o limit_v their_o power_n 6._o bound_v their_o domnion_n 7._o and_o prescribe_v their_o continuance_n p._n 260._o chap._n 8._o god_n be_v both_o the_o physician_n and_o ethicall_a last_o end_n of_o all_o thing_n 2._o he_o give_v we_o all_o virtue_n which_o be_v the_o way_n to_o perfect_a blessedness_n 3._o he_o impla●teth_v in_o we_o all_o good_a affection_n which_o be_v the_o previous_a disposition_n unto_o virtue_n 4._o he_o give_v unto_o we_o the_o 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thereby_o

yea_o and_o that_o not_o only_o of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n 16._o but_o also_o of_o heathen_a and_o secular_a writer_n king_n solomon_n say_v in_o the_o person_n of_o god_n by_o i_o king_n reign_n and_o prince_n decree_v justice_n by_o i_o prince_n rule_v and_o noble_n and_o all_o the_o judge_n of_o the_o earth_n for_o as_o tertullian_n true_o teach_v indè_fw-la est_fw-la imperator_fw-la undè_fw-la est_fw-la &_o homo_fw-la 59_o antequàm_fw-la imperator_fw-la indè_fw-la potestas_fw-la illi_fw-la undè_fw-la spiritus_fw-la by_o he_o a_o man_n be_v make_v a_o king_n by_o who_o he_o be_v make_v a_o man_n before_o he_o be_v a_o king_n he_o give_v he_o his_o dominion_n that_o give_v to_o he_o his_o breathe_n 25._o now_o that_o be_v only_a god_n who_o as_o the_o apostle_n testify_v have_v give_v unto_o all_o man_n both_o life_n and_o breath_n and_o all_o thing_n he_o it_o be_v say_v the_o prophet_n daniel_n that_o have_v power_n over_o the_o kingdom_n of_o man_n 32._o and_o that_o give_v it_o unto_o who_o he_o please_v yea_o even_o unto_o the_o very_a abject_n who_o afterward_o if_o they_o grow_v proud_a he_o cast_v down_o again_o dij_fw-la &_o secunda_fw-la elatos_fw-la fortuna_fw-la qu●m_fw-la celerrimè_fw-la cum_fw-la velint_fw-la evertere_fw-la &_o abiectos_fw-la excitare_fw-la facilè_fw-la possunt_fw-la say_v xenophon_n god_n quick_o can_v at_o his_o pleasure_n depress_v those_o 425._o that_o be_v pride_v with_o prosperous_a fortune_n and_o easy_o advance_v those_o that_o be_v deject_a with_o adverse_a yea_o and_o it_o be_v plato_n opinion_n as_o sabellicus_n report_v it_o nullam_fw-la posse_fw-la civitat●m_fw-la sine_fw-la favore_fw-la numinis_fw-la vel_fw-la prosperè_fw-la constitui_fw-la vel_fw-la constituta_fw-la feliciter_fw-la administrari_fw-la that_o there_o can_v any_o city_n either_o at_o the_o first_o be_v happy_o plant_v or_o afterward_o be_v prosperous_o govern_v without_o the_o special_a blessing_n and_o favour_n of_o god_n and_o this_o may_v be_v observe_v to_o be_v particular_o affirm_v of_o all_o those_o four_o great_a monarchy_n forenamed_a for_o the_o babylonian_a monarchy_n the_o prophet_n daniel_n express_o ascribe_v that_o unto_o god_n 18._o the_o most_o high_a god_n say_v he_o give_v unto_o nabuchadnezzar_n both_o a_o kingdom_n and_o majesty_n and_o honour_n and_o glory_n for_o the_o persian_a monarchy_n king_n cyrus_n himself_o ascribe_v that_o unto_o god_n for_o he_o say_v 2._o that_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o heaven_n have_v give_v he_o all_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o earth_n yea_o and_o themist●cles_n likewise_o confess_v it_o in_o plain_a word_n unto_o artabanus_n one_o of_o the_o persian_a prince_n 265._o ego_fw-la parebo_fw-la vestris_fw-la legibus_fw-la quandò_fw-la ita_fw-la visum_fw-la deo_fw-la qui_fw-la persas_fw-la extulit_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la i_o plures_fw-la quam_fw-la nunc_fw-la sunt_fw-la erunt_fw-la qui_fw-la vestrum_fw-la regem_fw-la adorent_fw-la i_o be_o ready_a to_o obey_v your_o persian_a law_n see_v god_n have_v so_o ordain_v who_o have_v so_o great_o exalt_v the_o persian_n and_o i_o myself_o will_v be_v a_o mean_a that_o many_o more_o than_o now_o do_v shall_v give_v honour_n to_o your_o king_n for_o the_o grecian_a monarchy_n 6._o the_o prophet_n daniel_n again_o ascribe_v that_o unto_o god_n for_o he_o say_v that_o the_o three_o beast_n which_o be_v like_a unto_o a_o leopard_n wherein_o the_o grecian_a monarchy_n be_v prefigure_v have_v his_o power_n and_o dominion_n give_v unto_o he_o and_o therefore_o he_o have_v it_o not_o of_o himself_o as_o hananias_n one_o of_o the_o seventy_o two_o interpreter_n very_o plain_o prove_v unto_o king_n ptolomeus_n by_o this_o familiar_a reason_n 39_o non_fw-la quenquam_fw-la esse_fw-la regemex_fw-la sese_fw-la inde_fw-la patet_fw-la quia_fw-la omnes_fw-la cupiunt_fw-la consequi_fw-la hanc_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la cum_fw-la dei_fw-la donum_fw-la sit_fw-la it_o appear_v that_o no_o man_n can_v make_v himself_o a_o king_n because_o all_o man_n do_v desire_v it_o and_o yet_o can_v attain_v it_o because_o it_o be_v god_n gift_n as_o seneca_n acknowledge_v in_o the_o person_n of_o nero_n munus_fw-la deorum_fw-la est_fw-la ipsa_fw-la quòd_fw-la seruit_fw-la mihi_fw-la roma_fw-la &_o senatus_n it_o be_v god_n gift_n that_o the_o city_n and_o the_o senate_n be_v subject_a to_o i_o and_o for_o the_o roman_a monarchy_n plutarch_n ascribe_v that_o direct_o unto_o god_n for_o 282._o he_o say_v of_o rome_n that_o it_o can_v never_o have_v grow_v á_o tam_fw-la vili_fw-la &_o paruo_fw-la initio_fw-la ad_fw-la tantam_fw-la gloriam_fw-la &_o potentiam_fw-la sine_fw-la numinis_fw-la praesentia_fw-la from_o so_o despicable_a and_o poor_a a_o beginning_n to_o so_o admirable_a a_o power_n and_o glory_n without_o the_o presence_n &_o providence_n of_o god_n and_o this_o he_o there_o report_v not_o as_o his_o own_o single_a and_o particular_a opinion_n but_o as_o a_o vulgar_a and_o common_a receive_v and_o maintain_v among_o the_o most_o of_o they_o and_o 411._o in_o another_o place_n he_o affirm_v of_o rome_n that_o fundamenta_fw-la romae_fw-la iecit_fw-la tempus_fw-la cum_fw-la deo_fw-la that_o the_o foundation_n of_o rome_n be_v lay_v by_o god_n and_o time_n it_o be_v lay_v by_o god_n to_o continue_v for_o a_o long_a time_n as_o he_o witty_o there_o express_v by_o this_o fit_a device_n and_o fiction_n that_o fortune_n quick_o fly_v over_o both_o the_o persian_n and_o assyrian_n and_o macedonian_n and_o egyptian_n and_o syrian_n and_o carthaginian_n but_o when_o she_o come_v unto_o the_o roman_n she_o then_o put_v off_o her_o wing_n as_o purpose_v to_o stay_v with_o they_o and_o not_o to_o fly_v from_o they_o so_o that_o god_n give_v they_o their_o beginning_n in_o lay_v their_o foundation_n and_o he_o uphold_v their_o continue_n in_o give_v to_o they_o time_n this_o be_v plutarch_n judgement_n of_o they_o yea_o and_o tully_n likewise_o ascribe_v all_o the_o roman_a greatness_n unto_o none_o other_o cause_n but_o only_o to_o the_o bounty_n and_o goodness_n of_o their_o god_n quis_fw-la est_fw-la tam_fw-la vecors_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la deos_fw-la esse_fw-la intellexerit_fw-la non_fw-la intelligat_fw-la eorum_fw-la numine_fw-la hoc_fw-la tantum_fw-la imperium_fw-la esse_fw-la natum_fw-la &_o auctum_fw-la &_o retentum_fw-la who_o be_v there_o so_o mad_a but_o know_v there_o be_v a_o god_n he_o must_v also_o understand_v that_o by_o his_o special_a goodness_n the_o great_a empire_n of_o the_o roman_n be_v both_o found_v and_o increase_v and_o continue_v yea_o and_o in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o ascribe_v the_o dilatation_n of_o their_o empire_n rather_o unto_o their_o religion_n 405._o then_o either_o unto_o their_o valour_n or_o unto_o their_o wisdom_n nec_fw-la numero_fw-la hispanos_n nec_fw-la robore_fw-la gallos_n nec_fw-la calliditate_fw-la poenos_fw-la nec_fw-la artihus_fw-la graeco_n nec_fw-la hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la huius_fw-la gentis_fw-la ac_fw-la terrae_fw-la domestico_fw-la nativoque_fw-la sensu_fw-la italos_n latinosque_fw-la sed_fw-la pielate_fw-la &_o ●_z atque_fw-la hac_fw-la una_fw-la sap●entia_fw-la quòd_fw-la deorum_fw-la immortalium_fw-la numine_fw-la omne_fw-la regi_fw-la gubernarique_fw-la perspeximus_fw-la omnes_fw-la gentes_fw-la nationésque_fw-la superavimus_fw-la we_o have_v not_o overcome_v the_o spaniard_n by_o our_o number_n nor_o the_o french_a by_o our_o power_n nor_o the_o carthaginian_n by_o our_o policy_n nor_o the_o grecian_n by_o our_o art_n nor_o the_o italian_n or_o latin_n by_o the_o natural_a sharpness_n and_o fineness_n of_o our_o wit_n but_o it_o be_v only_o our_o piety_n and_o religion_n and_o this_o special_a wisdom_n of_o ascribe_v all_o thing_n to_o the_o government_n of_o the_o god_n that_o have_v subdue_v unto_o we_o so_o many_o country_n and_o nation_n thereby_o plain_o insinuate_v that_o the_o greatness_n of_o their_o empire_n be_v bestow_v by_o god_n upon_o they_o only_o as_o a_o reward_n of_o their_o piety_n and_o religion_n which_o caecilius_n also_o express_o confirm_v for_o he_o say_v of_o the_o roman_n 746._o that_o imperium_fw-la suum_fw-la ultra_fw-la solis_fw-la vias_fw-la &_o ipsius_fw-la oceani_fw-la limit_n progagârunt_fw-la dùm_fw-la exercent_fw-la in_o armis_fw-la virtutem_fw-la religiosam_fw-la the_o exercise_n of_o virtue_n and_o of_o religion_n be_v that_o which_o enlarge_v the_o roman_a dominion_n for_o as_o he_o add_v a_o little_a after_o dum_fw-la universarum_fw-la gentium_fw-la sacra_fw-la suscipiunt_fw-la etiam_fw-la regna_fw-la meruerunt_fw-la while_o they_o receive_v the_o religion_n of_o all_o nation_n they_o deserve_v also_o their_o dominion_n this_o he_o false_o ascribe_v unto_o their_o false_a religion_n which_o yet_o may_v true_o be_v ascribe_v unto_o the_o true_a one_o and_o camillus_n 103._o in_o his_o oration_n record_v by_o livy_n express_o affirm_v that_o all_o the_o calamity_n of_o the_o roman_n spring_v only_o from_o their_o offence_n against_o god_n as_o on_o the_o contrary_a all_o their_o prosperity_n grow_v only_o from_o their_o piety_n which_o be_v true_a in_o very_a deed_n if_o it_o be_v right_o understand_v and_o be_v refer_v as_o it_o ought_v unto_o to_o the_o true_a god_n 22._o for_o as_o ecclesiasticus_fw-la very_o

not_o join_v they_o can_v neither_o of_o they_o profit_n nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la prodest_fw-la exercere_fw-la virtutes_fw-la 42._o nisi_fw-la noveris_fw-la creatorem_fw-la say_v s._n hierom_n nec_fw-la dei_fw-la veneratio_fw-la proficit_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la nisi_fw-la praecepta_fw-la conditort_v impleveris_fw-la it_o profit_v nothing_o to_o exercise_v virtue_n without_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n and_o it_o profit_v as_o little_a to_o have_v the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n without_o the_o practice_n of_o virtue_n we_o must_v therefore_o join_v theorical_a and_o practical_a virtue_n together_o 7._o and_o by_o they_o as_o by_o two_o leg_n ascend_v into_o heaven_n which_o be_v the_o true_a paradise_n where_o man_n blessedness_n dwell_v as_o stobaeus_n allege_v out_o of_o sophocles_n in_o jovis_fw-la tantùm_fw-la hortis_fw-la beata_fw-la felicitas_fw-la 552._o the_o paradise_n of_o god_n heaven_n only_o be_v the_o only_a happy_a place_n of_o perfect_a bliss_n and_o unto_o this_o heavenly_a paradise_n it_o be_v virtue_n that_o bring_v us._n and_o that_o by_o the_o confession_n even_o of_o the_o very_a heathen_a for_o locum_fw-la virtus_fw-la habet_fw-la inter_fw-la astra_fw-la 112._o say_v the_o tragic_a seneca_n virtue_n enjoy_v her_o place_n among_o the_o star_n and_o she_o give_v to_o the_o virtuous_a their_o place_n above_o the_o star_n seat_v they_o among_o the_o go_n as_o they_o instance_n in_o the_o example_n both_o of_o hercules_n and_o romulus_n which_o before_o be_v touch_v by_o us._n 2_o as_o the_o same_o tragic_a in_o the_o same_o tragedy_n affirm_v express_o cum_fw-la summas_fw-la exiget_fw-la horas_fw-la consumpta_fw-la dies_fw-la 128._o iter_fw-la ad_fw-la superos_fw-la gloria_fw-la pandit_fw-la when_o the_o last_o hour_n be_v out_o of_o the_o last_o waste_v day_n then_o virtue_n glory_n be_v that_o which_o unto_o heaven_n make_v way_n and_o this_o be_v the_o second_o degree_n of_o our_o felicity_n with_o god_n that_o by_o virtue_n man_n be_v bring_v to_o live_v eternal_o in_o heaven_n which_o be_v the_o place_n of_o god_n own_o dwell_n the_o three_o of_o they_o be_v this_o that_o by_o virtue_n we_o be_v bring_v to_o enjoy_v god_n bless_a presence_n whereby_o we_o enjoy_v that_o infinite_a happiness_n that_o can_v possible_o be_v conceive_v by_o us._n as_o the_o apostle_n paul_n teach_v we_o those_o thing_n 9_o which_o the_o eye_n have_v not_o scene_n neither_o the_o ear_n hear_v neither_o come_v into_o man_n heart_n have_v god_n prepare_v for_o they_o that_o love_v he_o the_o particular_n whereof_o if_o they_o can_v be_v conceive_v they_o can_v be_v express_v only_o the_o psalmist_n in_o the_o general_a express_v thus_o much_o that_o in_o his_o presence_n be_v the_o fullness_n of_o joy_n 11._o and_o at_o his_o right_a hand_n there_o be_v pleasure_n for_o evermore_o and_o therefore_o our_o saviour_n christ_n place_v the_o high_a pitch_n of_o the_o blessedness_n of_o man_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n bless_v be_v the_o 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