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A07996 The pearle of prayer most pretious and powerfull, or, A Christian treatise most necessarie for all these that desire to shew that wrath to come ... By Mr. William Narne ... Narne, William, 1583?-1653. 1620 (1620) STC 18360; ESTC S101894 161,410 486

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24._o heart_n act._n 1._o 24._o of_o all_o man_n that_o my_o transgression_n be_v many_o they_o 12_o they_o psal_n 49._o 12_o be_v more_o sin_n 1._o many_o sin_n in_o number_n than_o the_o hair_n of_o my_o head_n my_o trespass_n be_v multiply_v before_o thou_o as_o the_o 40.12_o the_o isaiah_n 40.12_o water_n as_o the_o water_n in_o the_o deludge_n be_v increase_v exceed_o to_o 18_o to_o genes_n 7._o 18_o drown_v the_o old_a and_o wicked_a world_n so_o be_v my_o sin_n to_o destroy_v i_o everlasting_o certain_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o joab_n to_o 9_o to_o 1_o sam._n 24._o 9_o number_v the_o thousand_o of_o israel_n than_o it_o be_v for_o i_o to_o number_v the_o million_o of_o my_o iniquity_n it_o be_v as_o easy_a for_o abraham_n to_o number_v the_o 16_o the_o genes_n 13._o 16_o dust_n of_o the_o earth_n the_o
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