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A80577 An antidote against lust: or, A discourse of uncleanness, shewing its various kinds, great evil, the temptations to it, and most effectual cure. By Robert Carr, minister of the Church of England Carr, Robert, fl. 1686-1696. 1690 (1690) Wing C629A; ESTC R231166 82,048 192

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supplication_n with_o thanksgiving_n &_o c._n ●uch_o more_o for_o so_o great_a a_o grace_n as_o this_o be_v ●hich_v be_v take_v for_o sanctification_n itself_o in_o some_o place_n acts._n 15._o 9_o rom._n 1._o 21._o say_v of_o the_o heathen_n that_o when_o they_o know_v god_n they_o glorify_v he_o not_o as_o god_n neither_o be_v thankful_a 24_o ver_fw-la wherefore_o god_n also_o give_v they_o up_o to_o uncleanness_n through_o the_o lust_n of_o their_o own_o heart_n thus_o god_n leave_v the_o unthankful_a to_o fall_v back_o and_o to_o fall_v foul_o when_o they_o be_v want_v in_o observance_n of_o god_n mercy_n and_o grace_n in_o any_o respect_n the_o saint_n of_o god_n have_v sound_v it_o so_o that_o when_o god_n have_v give_v they_o a_o considerable_a measure_n of_o some_o particular_a grace_n that_o they_o have_v be_v afterward_o to_o seek_v for_o it_o and_o almost_o as_o far_o from_o it_o as_o ever_o and_o sometime_o there_o be_v no_o other_o reason_n to_o be_v give_v for_o it_o 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