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A40635 Peace and holiness in three sermons upon several occasions / by Ignatius Fuller. Fuller, Ignatius, 1624 or 5-1711. 1672 (1672) Wing F2390; Wing F2391; Wing F2392; ESTC R2184 61,487 158

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2._o thess_n some_o thing_n hard_a to_o be_v understand_v st._n chrysostom_n solve_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d
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thing_n be_v not_o compose_v for_o vain_a glory_n 〈◊〉_d tom._n 5._o p._n 244._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o for_o the_o salvation_n of_o such_o as_o shall_v hear_v they_o gentile_a philosopher_n indeed_o and_o rhetorician_n and_o writer_n not_o consult_v the_o public_a good_a but_o their_o own_o reputation_n deliver_v the_o most_o useful_a notion_n in_o their_o usual_a obscurity_n but_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n take_v the_o very_a contrary_a course_n their_o clear_a and_o manifest_a notion_n they_o explicate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o all_o man_n as_o become_v the_o common_a teacher_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n so_o that_o every_o man_n of_o himself_o may_v by_o read_v only_o understand_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v say_v in_o these_o book_n and_o afterward_o on_o occasion_n of_o the_o eunuch_n read_v the_o prophet_n he_o vehement_o recommend_v a_o diligent_a read_n of_o the_o holy_a book_n he_o tell_v we_o how_o the_o read_n of_o they_o defend_v we_o against_o 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illa_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la continent_n fidem_fw-la moresque_fw-la vivendi_fw-la epist_n 3._o ad_fw-la vo_o iren._n
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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 3._o l._n 3._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l._n 4._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 4._o mark_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 5._o mark_fw-mi r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 6._o mark_fw-mi remove_v the_o period_n to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d put_v out_o the_o comma_n at_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 13._o l._n 7._o put_v out_o the_o comma_n after_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 21._o l._n 3._o for_o friend_n quoth_v he_o read_z o_o friend_n quoth_v 1._o p._n 32._o l._n 7._o deal_n miser_n p._n 33._o mark_fw-mi set_v these_o word_n against_o the_o 14._o line_n mist_n god_n p._n 495_o p._n 41._o l._n 7._o r._n optima_fw-la p._n 55._o mark_fw-mi deal_n epist_n ad_fw-la cor._n l._n 12._o p._n 65._o l._n 18._o r._n for_o all_o write_v in_o the_o funeral_n sermon_n in_o the_o preface_n p._n 2._o l._n 9_o r._n righteous_a and_o godly_a p._n 13._o l._n 5._o r._n thespesian_n the_o preface_n to_o the_o reader_n reader_n 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