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A62099 Foure sermons vvherein is made a foure-fold discovery viz. of ecclesiasticall selfe-seeking, a wisemans carriage in evill times, the benefit of Christian patience, the right nature and temper of the spirit of the Gospel / by Edvvard Symons ...; Sermons. Selections Symmons, Edward. 1642 (1642) Wing S6343; ESTC R23479 123,513 204

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mat._n 6._o v._n 2._o 5._o 16._o use._n obseru._n 4._o matth._n 20._o 21._o matth._n 26._o 52._o john_n 3._o 17._o luke_n 19_o v_o 10._o 11._o use._n obseru._n 5._o luk._n 2._o 32._o &_o ●_o 79._o deut._n 33._o 2._o 2_o cor._n 3._o 7._o ●_o luk._n 2._o ●4_n gen._n 3._o 24._o &_o 19_o 24._o num._n 16._o 〈◊〉_d psal._n 94._o 1._o 2_o cor._n 6._o 2._o acts._n 9_o ephes._n 5._o 8._o rom._n 12._o 18._o 1._o thes._n 5._o 15._o num._n 35._o 19_o psal._n 94._o 1._o je●_n 11._o 2._o 2_o king_n 2._o 24._o 2_o king_n 1._o acts._n 7._o 60._o rom._n 11._o 2._o 2_o sam._n 13._o 3●_n ez●k_n 16._o 5._o 1._o king_n 2._o v._n 5._o 6._o 7._o etc._n etc._n luk._n 23._o 34._o ●eb_fw-mi 12._o 25._o use_v 1_o prov._n 17._o 9_o mark_v 10._o 〈◊〉_d matth._n 26._o 50._o prov._n 30._o 33._o mat._n 5._o 11._o 12._o john_n 14._o 1._o 16._o 33._o mat._n 16._o 13_o 14_o use_v 2._o 1_o cor._n 6._o 15._o a'rov_n 16._o 7._o john_n 16._o