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a57873 Præterita, or, A summary of several sermons the greater part preached many years past, in several places, and upon sundry occasion / by John Ramsey ... Ramsey, John, Minister of East Rudham. 1659 (1659) Wing R225; ESTC R31142 238,016 312

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full_a of_o good_a work_n with_o which_o it_o be_v evermore_o attend_v and_o accompany_v as_o individual_a and_o inseparable_a companion_n and_o in_o case_n work_v be_v want_v they_o make_v no_o other_o account_n and_o reckon_n of_o such_o a_o kind_n of_o faith_n than_o a_o bare_a name_n without_o a_o thing_n a_o sign_n without_o a_o thing_n signify_v a_o shadow_n without_o a_o substance_n a_o body_n without_o a_o soul_n a_o dead_a faith_n as_o st._n james_n make_v out_o the_o comparison_n jam._n 2.26_o for_o as_o the_o body_n without_o the_o spirit_n be_v dead_a so_o faith_n without_o work_n be_v dead_a also_o a_o mere_a sceleton_n and_o carcase_n of_o it_o i'faith_o indeed_o be_v a_o more_o inward_a and_o radical_a grace_n of_o a_o spiritual_a nature_n without_o flesh_n and_o bone_n as_o our_o saviour_n conclude_v of_o every_o spirit_n but_o good_a work_n be_v fides_n incarnata_fw-la as_o luther_n style_v they_o faith_n manifest_v in_o the_o flesh_n which_o may_v be_v see_v and_o 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