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A63071 Theologia theologiæ, the true treasure, or, A treasury of holy truths, touching Gods word, and God the word digg'd up, and drawn out of that incomparable mine of unsearchable mystery, Heb. I. 1, 2, 3 : wherein the divinity of the holy Scriptures is asserted, and applied / by John Trappe ... Trapp, John, 1601-1669. 1641 (1641) Wing T2047; ESTC R23471 163,104 402

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42.9_o then_o joseph_n remember_v the_o dream_n that_o he_o dream_v of_o they_o i_o remember_v say_v jehu_n to_o bidkar_n when_o thou_o and_o i_o ride_v after_o ahab_n 9.25_o 2_o king_n 9.25_o the_o lord_n lay_v this_o burden_n upon_o he_o these_o thing_n understand_v not_o his_o disciple_n at_o first_o but_o when_o jesus_n be_v glorify_v then_o remember_v they_o that_o these_o thing_n be_v write_v of_o he_o and_o that_o they_o have_v do_v these_o thing_n unto_o he_o 2.22_o joh._n 12.16_o joh._n 2.22_o the_o spirit_n come_v not_o upon_o saul_n in_o the_o anoint_v but_o afterward_o when_o he_o be_v depart_v from_o samuel_n 5._o 1_o sam._n 10.1_o 6_o 5._o my_o beloved_n be_v go_v say_v the_o spouse_n my_o soul_n fail_v when_o he_o speak_v or_o because_o of_o his_o speech_n that_o he_o have_v utter_v 2-6_a cant._n 5_o 2-6_a but_o she_o for_o present_a either_o hear_v not_o or_o heed_v not_o open_v unto_o i_o my_o sister_n etc._n etc._n god_n word_n lie_v sometime_o as_o the_o seed_n under_o a_o clod_n or_o as_o the_o sun_n under_o a_o cloud_n it_o appear_v not_o affect_v not_o for_o the_o present_a as_o john_n baptist_n preach_v wrought_v not_o for_o diverse_a year_n after_o it_o be_v deliver_v and_o then_o it_o do_v till_o it_o be_v second_v by_o some_o powerful_a sermon_n 41._o joh._n 10_o 4●_n 41._o as_o there_o or_o some_o pierce_a cross_n as_o joh._n 14.26_o or_o unexpected_a accident_n act_v 10.34_o etc._n etc._n go_v on_o therefore_o constant_o in_o thy_o christian_a course_n of_o read_v as_o job_n do_v chap._n 23.12_o and_o be_v not_o dismay_v with_o any_o difficulty_n as_o david_n who_o when_o he_o understand_v he_o shall_v be_v put_v upon_o hard_a and_o hot_a service_n it_o please_v he_o well_o 1.3_o 1_o sam._n 18_o 2d_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d luk._n 1.3_o only_o as_o s._n luke_n write_v so_o must_v you_o read_v in_o a_o orderly_a manner_n beginning_n at_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o book_n we_o undertake_v and_o so_o continue_v read_v till_o you_o come_v to_o the_o end_n of_o it_o account_v not_o any_o part_n of_o this_o venerable_a volume_n to_o be_v superfluous_a or_o super-vacaneous_a not_o inscription_n say_v chrysostome_n not_o iteration_n say_v we_o or_o expletive_n or_o any_o the_o least_o jot_n or_o tittle_n say_v our_o saviour_n but_o all_o pure_a precious_a and_o profitable_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o if_o hypocrates_n can_v say_v of_o his_o faculty_n of_o physic_n that_o there_o be_v nothing_o to_o be_v account_v little_a in_o it_o nothing_o contemptible_a orat._n platonici_fw-la in_o corporibus_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la quendam_fw-la veluti_fw-la florem_fw-la in_fw-la hisce_fw-la inferioribus_fw-la quandam_fw-la veluti_fw-la ●ae●em_fw-la esse_fw-la dicebant_fw-la etc._n etc._n mureti_n orat._n how_o much_o more_o may_v we_o say_v the_o