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A91855 A broken spirit, God's sacrifices. Or, The gratefulnesse of a broken spirit unto God. Represented in a sermon, before the right Honourable House of Peeres, in K. Henry the Seventh's chappell in the Abbey Westminster, upon Wednesday Decemb. 9. 1646. Being a day of publike humiliation for removing of the great judgment of rain and waters then upon the kingdome, &c. / By Fran. Roberts M. A. Minister of Christ, at Austins, London. Roberts, Francis, 1609-1675. 1646 (1646) Wing R1580; Thomason E365_14; ESTC R201252 39,320 48

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break_a spirit_n as_o the_o popish_a merit-monger_n do_v common_o suggest_v when_o they_o treat_v of_o this_o theme_n of_o brokenness_n of_o heart_n for_o though_o ou●heads_n be_v water_n and_o our_o eye_n fountain_n of_o tear_n jer._n 9_o 1._o though_o we_o shall_v eat_v ash_n as_o bread_n and_o mingle_v our_o drink_n with_o weep_v psal._n 102._o 9_o though_o all_o the_o night_n long_o we_o shall_v make_v our_o bed_n to_o swim_v and_o water_v our_o couch_n with_o tear_n psal._n 6._o that_o our_o eye_n be_v dim_a with_o grief_n our_o cheek_n furrow_v with_o sorrow_n and_o our_o very_a moisture_n turn_v into_o the_o drought_n of_o summer_n psal._n 32._o 4._o yet_o when_o all_o be_v do_v we_o be_v but_o unprofitable_a servant_n what_o have_v we_o do_v more_o than_o duty_n nay_o for_o ground_n
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●o●●en_v and_o melt_v the_o iron_n be_v our_o heart_n stone_n the_o word_n be_v as_o a_o hammer_n to_o break_v the_o rock_n in_o piece_n jer._n 23._o 29._o this_o instrumental_o make_v king_n josiah_n heart_n tender_a 2_o chron._n 34._o 19_o 27._o this_o make_v the_o return_a exile_n to_o weep_v neh._n 8._o 9_o this_o prick_v peter_n hearer_n in_o their_o heart_n act._n 2._o ●6_n oh_o wait_v upon_o this_o word_n of_o god_n with_o a_o lively_a heart-search_a ministry_n oh_o tremble_v at_o this_o mighty_a work_a word_n of_o god_n that_o can_v through_o god_n make_v a_o hard_a heart_n soft_a and_o keep_v a_o soft_a heart_n tender_a 3._o by_o a_o frequent_a and_o serious_a consideration_n of_o our_o own_o and_o other_o 3._o sias_fw-la other_o sin_v may_v break_v our_o heart_n as_o it_o be_v clear_a in_o the_o case_n of_o josiah_n 2_o chron._n 34._o 19_o etc._n etc._n of_o david_n psal._n 119_o 53._o 158._o 136._o of_o ezra_n ezr._n 9_o 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5._o and_o of_o those_o mourner_n 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1._o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o flesh_n gal._n 5._o 19_o the_o work_n of_o the_o devil_n 1_o joh._n 2._o 8._o and_o utter_a abomination_n to_o god_n pro._n 26._o 25._o sin_n be_v so_o foul_a and_o filthy_a that_o the_o filth_n under_o the_o nail_n and_o arm-hole_n f_o {non-roman}_o jam._n 1._o 21._o the_o vomit_n of_o a_o dog_n the_o mire_n of_o a_o swine_n 2_o pet._n 2._o 22._o the_o poison_n of_o serpent_n rom._n 3._o 13._o the_o spot_n of_o leopard_n and_o the_o skin_n of_o black_a moor_n jer._n 13._o 23._o the_o putrefaction_n and_o deadly_a stink_n of_o open_a sepulcher_n rom._n 3._o 13._o and_o base_a g_o {non-roman}_o excrement_n themselves_o jam._n 1_o 2●_z be_v the_o similitude_n wherein_o the_o holy_a ghost_n set_v it_o out_o to_o we_o sin_n be_v the_o inlet_n of_o death_n and_o all_o misery_n rom._n 5._o 12._o worse_a than_o the_o devil_n for_o sin_n make_v he_o a_o devil_n and_o the_o very_a hell_n of_o hell_n think_v against_o who_o sin_n be_v commit_v against_o god_n 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