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pray_v a_o sacrifice_n to_o god_n a_o scourge_n to_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o agent_n pag._n 183_o prayer_n the_o word_n and_o the_o sacrament_n be_v mean_n to_o preserve_v faith_n pag._n 228_o preparation_n require_v in_o those_o who_o go_v to_o church_n pag._n 344_o pride_n a_o cause_n of_o strife_n pag._n 25_o pride_n consist_v in_o three_o thing_n in_o think_v too_o well_o of_o ourselves_o contemptible_o of_o other_o boast_v and_o glory_v in_o vain_a ostentation_n pag._n 240_o pride_n be_v the_o ground_n of_o insatiablenesse_n pag._n 241_o pride_n the_o ruin_n of_o charity_n justice_n temperance_n and_o religion_n pag._n 243_o proof_n of_o a_o sincere_a faith_n pag._n 227_o prosperity_n of_o this_o world_n fill_v the_o heart_n of_o man_n with_o pride_n and_o vain_a estimation_n of_o themselves_o pag._n 131_o proud_a man_n resemble_v death_n and_o hell_n pag._n 243_o punishment_n in_o its_o nature_n be_v evil_a yet_o god_n may_v work_v good_a out_o of_o it_o pag._n 69_o punishment_n of_o idolatry_n pag._n 334_o punishment_n of_o pride_n 247._o just_a reprehension_n 155._o derision_n 257_o spoil_n and_o destruction_n pag._n 262_o punishment_n of_o ambition_n 279._o they_o consult_v shame_n to_o their_o own_o house_n ibid._n sin_n against_o their_o own_o soul_n 283._o labour_n in_o vain_a and_o without_o success_n pag._n 286_o punishment_n of_o drunkenness_n 315._o who_o will_v punish_v it_o god_n 316_o how_o he_o will_v punish_v it_o 319._o why_o he_o will_v punish_v it_o pag._n 324_o q._n ovantity_n of_o the_o fault_n be_v the_o measure_n of_o the_o judgement_n pag._n 5_o r._n reason_n why_o ambition_n make_v man_n unhappy_a pag._n 274_o religion_n contemn_v be_v a_o sign_n of_o a_o disease_a and_o desperate_a state_n 38_o reason_n thereof_o ibid._n riligion_n be_v the_o knot_n of_o true_a union_n that_o knit_v we_o to_o god_n and_o unit_v we_o to_o one_o another_o pag._n 78._o religion_n have_v the_o bowel_n of_o compassion_n and_o they_o have_v no_o 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