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A10513 Dauids soliloquie Containing many comforts for afflicted mindes. As they were deliuered in sundry sermons at Saint Maries in Douer. By Io: Reading. Reading, John, 1588-1667.; Hulsius, Friedrich van, b. 1580, engraver. 1627 (1627) STC 20788; ESTC S115683 116,784 488

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finis_fw-la lam._n 3._o 1._o deut._n 32._o 39_o deut._n 28._o 61._o 65._o deut._n 29._o 24._o 25._o psai_n 40._o 12_o lam._n 3._o 42._o hero●●tus_n say_v among_o they_o singulos_fw-la morbos_fw-la suos_fw-la habu●sse_fw-la m●d●co●_n queritae●us_o fall_v they_o furio_n lignioso_n ●apores_n diaret_n po●●hist_o ●ap_n 1._o as_o plato_n aristot_n zenophon_n plut_z arch_n seneca_n and_o other_o lib._n 3._o de_fw-la virginibus_fw-la at_o quivis_fw-la christ●inus_n etc._n etc._n primo_fw-la statim_fw-la occursu_fw-la adult●rina_fw-la &_o falsa_fw-la ●llorum_fw-la documenta_fw-la ex_fw-la lydio_fw-la scrpturae_fw-la sacrae_fw-la lapide_fw-la de●egit_fw-la quercitan_n de_fw-fr perturbat_fw-la anim_fw-la ●n●t●●_n cap._n 1._o a●_n augustine_n say_v of_o cicero_n book_n entitle_v hortensius_n which_o so_o much_o take_v he_o nec_fw-la solum_fw-la i_o &c._n &c._n re●●_n ingebat_fw-la quod_fw-la ●omen_fw-la christ_n no●_n erat_fw-la ●b●_n couf_n li._n 3._o c._n 4._o plin_n lib_n 3_o 5_o cap._n 10._o 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levitas_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la dei_fw-la inter_fw-la sacrificia_fw-la quotidiana_fw-la ●acere_fw-la solitos_fw-la etc._n etc._n 2_o c●ro_n 1●_n etc._n etc._n beda_n capos●●n_v ●sram_v l._n 1●_n 2_o 2_o sam_n 23._o 1_o 1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arist_n de_fw-fr anim_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 4._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ib._n vera_fw-la sunt_fw-la ergo_fw-la qua_fw-la loqu●ntur_fw-la poëta_fw-la sed_fw-la obtentu_fw-la aliquo_fw-la specieque_fw-la velata_fw-la lactan._n l._n 1_o c._n 11._o et_fw-la sicubi_fw-la quis_fw-la quamvis_fw-la fero_fw-la ac_fw-la rab●dissim_fw-la furore_fw-la captatur_fw-la si_fw-la fortc_n fuerit_fw-la psalmi_fw-la &_o carminibus_fw-la incantatus_fw-la continuô_o omn_fw-la be_v rabbis_n ferocitatis_fw-la eius_fw-la abscedit_fw-la psalm_n tranqui●itas_fw-la animarum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o perturbationes_fw-la vel_fw-la yiuct●s_fw-la cogitationuin_fw-la cohibens_fw-la ira●undiam_fw-la rep●●●ous_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug._n ●●oem_n in_o psalm_n psalm_n 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