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A74704 To pneuma ksopyrén, or Sparkes of the spirit, being, motives to sacred theorems, and divine meditations. / By a reverend father of the Church of England. Davies, Athanasius, b. 1620 or 21. 1658 (1658) Thomason E1903_1; ESTC R209994 79,302 390

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might_n and_o majesty_n both_o now_o &_o for_o evermore_o amen_n sect._n lvii_o trust_v not_o unto_o a_o rot_a stick_n he_o that_o trust_v to_o his_o own_o strength_n lean_v on_o a_o rot_a stick_n for_o we_o see_v the_o skilful_a wrestler_n sometime_o have_v a_o fall_n the_o cunning_a fencer_n to_o have_v the_o foil_n the_o stout_a cantain_n kill_v the_o best_a rider_n under_o his_o horse_n foot_n the_o nimble_a swimmer_n sink_v under_o the_o water_n the_o best_a wit_n perish_v and_o the_o wise_a man_n err_v spark_n 57_o o_o lord_n god_n let_v i_o acknowledge_v my_o weakness_n and_o not_o presume_v on_o my_o strength_n for_o it_o be_v better_a to_o trust_v in_o thou_o than_o to_o put_v any_o confidence_n in_o prince_n o_o lord_n in_o thou_o have_v i_o trust_v let_v i_o never_o be_v confound_v amen_o sect._n lviii_o the_o best_a increase_n the_o husbandman_n field_n do_v bring_v he_o for_o every_o grain_n sometime_o thirty_o sometime_o forty_o sometime_o sixty_o and_o sometime_o a_o 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