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A96346 The academy of true wisdom:, or, The school of vertue. Wherein, one is your master even Christ ... : A work lately compil'd, and brought to its ultimate perfection, / by J.W. Weldon, John.; White, J. 1694 (1694) Wing W1771C; ESTC R212924 222,487 449

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thy_o visitation_n rectify_v those_o great_a disorder_n and_o grievance_n thou_o shall_v separate_a the_o wheat_n from_o the_o tare_n thoushalt_v place_v the_o good_a upon_o thy_o right_a hand_n elevate_v in_o the_o air_n that_o all_o the_o world_n may_v honour_v and_o reverence_v they_o as_o be_v thy_o favourite_n whereas_o the_o wicked_a shall_v stand_v all_o in_o a_o confusion_n far_o off_o at_o thy_o left_a expect_v their_o final_a sentence_n and_o the_o immediate_a execution_n thereof_o o_o how_o they_o shall_v at_o that_o dreadful_a hour_n envy_v the_o happy_a state_n of_o the_o just_a see_v they_o so_o much_o honour_v and_o themselves_o so_o much_o despise_v o_o how_o will_v the_o potentate_n and_o crown_v head_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v astonish_v when_o they_o shall_v behold_v their_o vassal_n in_o glory_n their_o slave_n among_o the_o angel_n and_o themselves_o in_o the_o same_o rank_n with_o the_o devil_n o_o my_o sweet_a saviour_n insensatos_fw-la st._n chrys_n hom_n 24._o 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