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A42429 A description of the unregenerate and the truly Christian temper or state in a sermon preach'd before the University of Cambridge, on commencement Sunday, in the forenoon, June 30, 1700 / by John Gaskarth ... Gaskarth, John, d. 1732. 1700 (1700) Wing G286; ESTC R10111 23,817 34

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themselves_o viz._n of_o spill_v their_o own_o blood_n or_o that_o of_o other_o in_o they_o and_o we_o may_v every_o day_n sad_o remark_n in_o wear_v out_o debauchee_n among_o ourselves_o how_o their_o vice_n stick_v in_o their_o decrepit_a nature_n and_o what_o pollute_a soul_n they_o carry_v about_o with_o they_o and_o if_o this_o be_v so_o as_o to_o vicious_a course_n when_o people_n be_v disable_v from_o act_v any_o more_o the_o wicked_a instance_n much_o more_o will_v it_o hold_v with_o regard_n to_o the_o habit_n of_o a_o holy_a life_n where_o the_o capacity_n of_o the_o virtuous_a act_n not_o only_o continue_v but_o be_v ever_o increase_v with_o a_o far_a complacency_n that_o must_v likewise_o attend_v it_o thus_o we_o lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o our_o after_o state_n whether_o happiness_n or_o misery_n from_o our_o own_o behaviour_n heaven_n possess_v we_o according_a to_o our_o improvement_n of_o a_o gospel_n virtue_n or_o hell_n seize_v we_o while_o we_o persist_v in_o 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