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A70857 Christos angasmos, or, Christ our sanctification faithfully explained, fully confirmed, and practically applied ... being the substance of several lectures or meditations / by Tho. Pichard ... Pichard, Thomas.; Pritchard, Thomas, M.A. 1667 (1667) Wing P3524; ESTC R10560 136,857 229

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17._o last_o the_o excellent_a in_o the_o earth_n psalm_n 16.3_o the_o saint_n that_o be_v in_o the_o earth_n be_v the_o excellent_a in_o the_o earth_n the_o jewel_n of_o the_o world_n you_o may_v enlarge_v in_o your_o own_o thought_n this_o then_o serve_v to_o inform_v the_o mistake_v and_o blind_a world_n that_o grace_n be_v no_o disgrace_n that_o holiness_n be_v no_o dis-enobling_a but_o a_o most_o generous_a princely_a and_o glorious_a thing_n brave_a spirit_n as_o the_o world_n account_v they_o think_v preciseness_n a_o inglorious_a and_o the_o power_n of_o godliness_n a_o base_a thing_n that_o take_v off_o from_o their_o grandeur_n and_o generosity_n salvian_n generosity_n coguntur_fw-la esse_fw-la mali_fw-la nè_fw-la viles_fw-la habeantur_fw-la salvian_n salvian_n complain_v that_o in_o his_o time_n the_o great_a one_o be_v deter_v from_o serious_a holiness_n because_o it_o be_v contemptible_a it_o be_v gentlemanlike_a to_o be_v wicked_a but_o peasant_n or_o vassal-like_a to_o 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