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B08611
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To the memory of my dear friend and brother, Mr. William Taylor, late preacher of the gospel in St. Stephens Coleman-Street
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Wing C142AA; ESTC R173311
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to_o the_o memory_n of_o my_o dear_a friend_n and_o brother_n mr._n william_n taylor_n late_a preacher_n of_o the_o gospel_n in_o st._n stephen_n coleman-street_n be_v taylor_n dead_a taylor_n of_o coleman-street_n that_o learned_a orthodox_n divine_a that_o sweet_a evangelist_n that_o true_a nathaniel_n a_o israelite_n in_o who_o no_o guile_n do_v dwell_v simple_a yet_o compound_v virtue_n combine_v within_o his_o heavenly_a bosom_n be_v enshrine_v who_o can_v compute_v our_o loss_n for_o in_o this_o one_o we_o true_o seem_v to_o lose_v a_o million_o strife_n be_v '_o twixt'_v life_n and_o doctrine_n to_o inherit_v the_o preeminence_n either_o do_v it_o merit_n but_o it_o be_v conclude_v to_o decide_v the_o strife_n life_n be_v in_o his_o doctrine_n doctrine_n in_o his_o life_n he_o teach_v by_o both_o his_o congregation_n he_o doctrine_n preach_v live_v the_o application_n so_o great_a a_o student_n one_o will_v think_v that_o he_o neglect_v have_v his_o public_a ministry_n and_o yet_o in_o public_a so_o do_v he_o abound_v you_o will_v think_v no_o time_n for_o study_n can_v be_v find_v save_o that_o the_o hearer_n well_o may_v judge_v that_o he_o such_o notion_n never_o preach_v extemporie_n some_o for_o open_v the_o text_n do_v pass_v well_o other_o in_o application_n do_v excel_v some_o man_n with_o skill_n in_o language_n abound_v in_o the_o ancient_a father_n other_o be_v profound_a some_o for_o school-divinity_n famous_a be_v some_o practical_a some_o for_o polemik_n rare_a the_o gift_n of_o some_o do_v most_o in_o prayer_n lie_v in_o preach_v other_o claim_v their_o exc'llency_n taylor_n excel_v in_o all_o as_o if_o that_o he_o of_o all_o these_o gift_n have_v the_o monopoly_n sweet_a in_o converse_n delightful_a but_o not_o vain_a nothing_o impure_a do_v his_o communion_n stain_n humble_a but_o not_o buse_v grave_a but_o not_o austere_a not_o rash_a but_o valiant_a joy_n be_v mix_v with_o fear_n meek_n in_o his_o own_o cause_n but_o in_o god_n so_o 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