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A04985 Sermons vvith some religious and diuine meditations. By the Right Reuerend Father in God, Arthure Lake, late Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells. Whereunto is prefixed by way of preface, a short view of the life and vertues of the author Lake, Arthur, 1569-1626. 1629 (1629) STC 15134; ESTC S113140 1,181,342 1,122

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to_o the_o legal_a sacrifice_n god_n do_v testify_v it_o to_o the_o corporal_a zion_n and_o jerusalem_n by_o fire_n from_o heaven_n which_o consume_v the_o sacrifice_n but_o unto_o the_o spiritual_a zion_n and_o jerusalem_n 7._o 1._o chron_n 7._o he_o do_v testify_v it_o by_o the_o sensible_a comfort_n which_o by_o his_o spirit_n he_o do_v infuse_v into_o their_o soul_n while_o they_o be_v militant_a and_o he_o will_v testify_v it_o more_o plentiful_o by_o the_o light_n of_o his_o countenance_n which_o shall_v shine_v upon_o they_o when_o in_o the_o church_n triumphant_a they_o shall_v stand_v before_o his_o throne_n mark_v here_o a_o correction_n of_o that_o which_o be_v say_v before_o you_o hear_v that_o sacrifice_n and_o burn_a offering_n be_v neither_o require_v nor_o accept_v here_o you_o find_v the_o contrary_n and_o yet_o not_o the_o contrary_a for_o there_o they_o be_v refuse_v in_o casu_fw-la in_o a_o case_n wherein_o no_o sacrifice_n be_v allow_v and_o they_o be_v also_o 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not_o unsit_o distinguish_v the_o remedy_n as_o we_o do_v the_o disease_n the_o break_a bone_n be_v understand_v proper_o and_o figurative_o proper_o for_o the_o languish_a of_o the_o body_n figurative_o for_o the_o languish_a of_o the_o soul_n this_o be_v the_o cause_n whereof_o that_o be_v the_o effect_n or_o that_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o redundancy_n of_o this_o see_v then_o the_o medicine_n must_v be_v of_o the_o same_o extent_n with_o the_o disease_n we_o must_v find_v in_o it_o a_o comfort_n for_o the_o soul_n and_o a_o comfort_n for_o the_o body_n the_o comfort_n of_o the_o soul_n note_v by_o joy_n and_o the_o comfort_n of_o the_o body_n note_v by_o gladness_n so_o that_o the_o whole_a comfort_n must_v make_v up_o jubilum_fw-la which_o as_o gregory_n the_o great_a note_v in_o his_o moral_n be_v such_o a_o cheerfulness_n as_o take_v root_n in_o the_o soul_n do_v manifest_v itself_o in_o the_o body_n and_o the_o light_n of_o the_o countenance_n do_v argue_v the_o peace_n that_o 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you_o that_o rejoice_v for_o you_o shall_v weep_v the_o second_o mark_n of_o true_a joy_n be_v that_o it_o be_v solidum_fw-la it_o spend_v not_o itself_o upon_o toy_n but_o upon_o that_o which_o be_v of_o worth_n we_o observe_v it_o as_o a_o difference_n between_o child_n and_o those_o that_o be_v of_o ripe_a ear_n that_o child_n value_v thing_n as_o they_o affect_v those_o that_o be_v of_o ripe_a discretion_n value_v they_o as_o they_o be_v a_o child_n will_v prefer_v a_o apple_n before_o a_o jewel_n and_o we_o sinile_v at_o it_o but_o how_o many_o of_o we_o do_v more_o glory_n in_o fantastical_a fashion_n than_o we_o do_v in_o the_o great_a virtue_n but_o we_o shall_v be_v drive_v in_o the_o end_n to_o write_v upon_o they_o vanity_n of_o vanity_n all_o be_v but_o vanity_n yea_o those_o toy_n will_v help_v to_o break_v our_o bone_n for_o they_o will_v prove_v vexation_n of_o spirit_n and_o why_o they_o want_v the_o second_o property_n of_o joy_n there_o be_v no_o solidness_n in_o 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