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Dauids strait A sermon preached at Pauls-Crosse, Iuly 8. 1621. By Samuel Buggs Bachelor of Diuinitie, sometime Fellow of Sidney-Sussex Colledge in Cambridge: and now minister of the word of God in Couentrie.
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Buggs, Samuel.
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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thing_n of_o themselves_o neither_o good_a nor_o bad_a fast_v be_v good_a if_o it_o be_v do_v to_o tame_v the_o flesh_n and_o bring_v it_o in_o subjection_n but_o if_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v admix_v to_o be_v see_v of_o man_n it_o be_v hypocrisy_n if_o a_o man_n out_o of_o the_o weakness_n of_o his_o judgement_n shall_v refuse_v a_o ceremony_n or_o gesture_n as_o fear_v to_o wound_v his_o soul_n by_o commit_v idolatry_n i_o pity_v his_o case_n his_o action_n be_v tolerable_a but_o if_o any_o stiffnecked_a or_o stiffe-hammed_n schismatic_n shall_v do_v it_o out_o of_o opposition_n to_o the_o order_n and_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n his_o holy_a singularity_n be_v no_o better_a than_o stubbornness_n and_o deep_a hypocrisy_n case_n david_n case_n herein_o than_o david_n fail_v first_o it_o be_v needless_a have_v no_o war_n in_o hand_n second_o it_o be_v a_o curious_a crotchet_n ideò_fw-la numeratur_fw-la ut_fw-la numeretur_fw-la only_o to_o 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sometime_o by_o sin_n he_o fall_v into_o his_o lurch_n and_o become_v liable_a to_o punishment_n for_o david_n part_n be_v not_o his_o heart_n so_o candid_a as_o to_o confess_v the_o truth_n we_o may_v deal_v with_o he_o obsignatis_fw-la tabulis_fw-la namely_o god_n faithful_a register_n the_o holy_a scripture_n which_o do_v charge_n and_o challenge_v he_o of_o a_o former_a and_o a_o foul_a sin_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o vriah_n the_o hittite_n 11._o 1_o sam._n 11._o who_o blood_n like_o the_o blood_n of_o abel_n the_o innocent_a can_v witness_v against_o he_o but_o what_o need_v we_o any_o further_a witness_n see_v we_o have_v hear_v of_o his_o own_o mouth_n in_o that_o poenitentiary_n psal_n 51._o wherein_o he_o shed_v many_o tear_n for_o shed_v of_o only_a this_o man_n blood_n but_o lest_o i_o shall_v by_o one_o swallow_n to_o prove_v a_o summer_n and_o for_o one_o man_n sin_n to_o condemn_v the_o generation_n of_o the_o just_a although_o i_o desire_v not_o to_o uncover_v the_o 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wherewith_o he_o be_v sanctify_v a_o unholy_a thing_n and_o have_v despite_v the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n as_o appeareth_z verse_n 29._o but_o david_n case_n and_o they_o be_v not_o alike_o his_o be_v a_o sin_n but_o of_o a_o child_n of_o god_n it_o be_v a_o sin_n but_o of_o infirmity_n they_o be_v sin_n but_z sin_z of_o reprobate_n they_o be_v sin_n but_o of_o that_o nature_n that_o the_o first_o be_v intolerable_a the_o second_o be_v like_a unto_o it_o abominable_a and_o the_o three_o as_o christ_n the_o truth_n itself_o have_v pronounce_v impardonable_a either_o in_o this_o world_n or_o in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v that_o be_v save_v bellarmine_n patience_n they_o shall_v not_o have_v any_o sense_n or_o feel_n of_o pardon_n in_o this_o world_n 12.32_o explic._n locus_fw-la mat._n 12.32_o or_o benefit_n of_o remission_n of_o sin_n in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v or_o as_o our_o church_n in_o short_a term_n never_o here_o then_o be_v the_o case_n it_o be_v one_o case_n to_o appear_v 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