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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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that_o unprofitable_a servant_n that_o careless_a ●●gerer_n from_o who_o that_o which_o he_o have_v shall_v be_v take_v away_o he_o be_v not_o worthy_a of_o any_o reward_n second_o if_o natural_a sleep_n of_o poverty_n poverty_n the_o body_n be_v a_o occasion_n of_o indigence_n and_o scarcity_n for_o this_o be_v the_o say_n of_o solomon_n himself_o love_v not_o 13_o not_o prover_n 2d_o 13_o sleep_v lest_o thou_o fall_v into_o poverty_n open_v thy_o eye_n and_o thou_o shall_v be_v satisfy_v with_o bread_n much_o more_o that_o spiritual_a slumber_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v a_o cause_n of_o poverty_n lamentable_a and_o shameful_a poverty_n proceed_v therefrom_o one_o 17._o one_o revel_v 3._o 17._o will_v be_v poor_a and_o wretched_a miserable_a and_o naked_a qui_fw-la modo_fw-la dormit_fw-la in_o cupiditatibus_fw-la suis_fw-la postea_fw-la nihil_fw-la inveniet_fw-la in_o suis_fw-la manibus_fw-la three_o shame_n and_o infamy_n follow_v infamy_n infamy_n this_o security_n for_o the_o wise_a 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that_o thou_o may_v ever_o be_v grace_v with_o uprightness_n of_o heart_n and_o sincerity_n to_o the_o end_n thy_o prayer_n may_v have_v force_n with_o god_n and_o tend_v to_o thy_o solicitie_n content_v not_o thyself_o to_o be_v like_o the_o hypocritical_a jew_n of_o who_o god_n complain_v because_o they_o 14_o they_o hosea_n 7._o 14_o cry_v not_o unto_o he_o with_o their_o heart_n when_o they_o houl_v upon_o their_o bed_n and_o because_o 29.13_o because_o isaiah_n 29.13_o they_o come_v near_o to_o he_o with_o their_o month_n and_o honour_v he_o with_o their_o lip_n but_o have_v remove_v their_o heart_n far_o from_o he_o and_o true_o this_o be_v a_o most_o grievous_a complaint_n also_o of_o that_o same_o evangelicall_n prophet_n there_o 7_o there_o isaiah_n 64._o 7_o be_v none_o that_o call_v upon_o thy_o name_n what_o do_v that_o holy_a and_o wise_a prophet_n lament_v do_v not_o that_o people_n appear_v 12_o appear_v isaiah_n 1._o 12_o before_o god_n and_o do_v tread_v in_o his_o 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