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truth_n believe_v faith_n reveal_v 5,457 5 8.8529 5 true
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A44530 The happy ascetick, or, The best exercise to which is added A letter to a person of quality, concerning the holy lives of the primitive Christians / by Anthony Horneck ... Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697. 1681 (1681) Wing H2839; ESTC R4618 230,083 562

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lebaboth_n c._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signa_fw-la humilitatis_fw-la quinque_fw-la primum_fw-la cum_fw-la quis_fw-la in_o spiritum_fw-la suum_fw-la dominium_fw-la exercet_fw-la quando_fw-la quis_fw-la irà_fw-la excandescit_fw-la in_o illum_fw-la secundum_fw-la cum_fw-la quis_fw-la patient_fw-la onus_fw-la suum_fw-la fert_fw-la quando_fw-la infortunium_fw-la ipsi_fw-la in_o opibus_fw-la accidit_fw-la tertium_fw-la cum_fw-la quis_fw-la spernit_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la ipsum_fw-la laudat_fw-la ob_fw-la factum_fw-la bonum_fw-la &_o confitetur_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quod_fw-la refertur_fw-la eum_fw-la commisisse_fw-la quartum_fw-la cum_fw-la quis_fw-la ad_fw-la honorem_fw-la vel_fw-la magras_fw-la divitias_fw-la promovetur_fw-la &_o in_o praecedenti_fw-la humilitate_fw-la &_o mansuetudine_fw-la perseverat_fw-la quintum_fw-la cum_fw-la quis_fw-la seipsum_fw-la corripit_fw-la vid._n cassian_n collat._n 15._o c._n 7._o vid._n bed_n lib._n 2._o c._n 2._o 2._o vid._n ruffin_n 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multi_fw-la sive_fw-la pauct_n sint_fw-la ipse_fw-la cum_fw-la eye_n est_fw-la mahom._n alcor_n surat_n 58._o cur_n deus_fw-la voco_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quia_fw-la ubicunq_fw-fr congregatisunt_fw-la justi_n invenitur_fw-la cun_fw-la istis_fw-la midrash_n tillim_n act_n psalm_n paschas_fw-la c._n 44._o rem_fw-la 12._o 2._o vid._n hicron_n vit._n pauli_n c._n 3._o vid._n stob._n serm._n 36._o de_fw-fr garrulitate_fw-la vid._n epictet_n enchirid_a c._n 40_o 41_o 42._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n vid._n porphyr_n de_fw-fr antro_fw-la nymph_n vid._n tavern_n pers._n trau._n l._n 5._o c._n 17._o 2_o king_n 8._o 13._o vid._n vincent_n specul_fw-la histor_n l._n 15._o diabolus_fw-la serpens_fw-la est_fw-la lubricus_fw-la cujus_fw-la si_fw-la capiti_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la primae_fw-la suggestioni_fw-la non_fw-la resistitur_fw-la totus_fw-la in_o intima_fw-la cordis_fw-la dum_fw-la non_fw-la sentitur_fw-la illabitur_fw-la isidor_n lib._n de_fw-fr summ._n bono_n c._n 1._o gen._n 19_o 20._o can._n 2._o 15._o gen._n 3._o 6._o gen._n 34._o 1._o numb_a 25._o 1_o 2._o 2_o sam._n 11._o 2._o josh._n 7._o 21._o 2_o sam._n 13._o 1_o 2._o esth._n 3._o 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clem._n alex._n paedag._n l._n 3._o c._n 11._o qui_fw-la videt_fw-la be_v peccat_fw-la quite_o non_fw-la viderit_fw-la ergo_fw-la non_fw-la cupiet_fw-la facti_fw-la crimina_fw-la lumen_fw-la habet_fw-la propert._n lib._n 4._o eleg._n vid._n &_o casp._n barth_n in_o notis_fw-la ad_fw-la claudian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d m._n antonin_n lib._n 3._o sect._n 2._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d porphyr_n de_fw-fr abstin_a i._o 1._o sect._n 33._o 33._o cassian_n collat._n 7._o c._n 27._o ruffin_n hist._n lib._n 2._o c._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ajebat_fw-la diogenenes_n didymoni_fw-la moecho_fw-la medico_fw-la cum_fw-la curaret_fw-la virgin_n oculum_fw-la in_o laert._n lib._n 6._o de_fw-fr diog._n ideo_fw-la humani_fw-la generis_fw-la creator_n &_o conditor_n deus_fw-la opificii_fw-la svi_fw-la naturam_fw-la prae_fw-la omnibus_fw-la emendationemque_fw-la cognoscens_fw-la illic_fw-la curam_fw-la adhibuit_fw-la medicinae_fw-la unde_fw-la causas_fw-la morbi_fw-la principaliter_fw-la nover_n at_o emanare_fw-la cassian_n institut_n lib._n 6._o c._n 12._o vid._n athenagor_n leg●●_n pro_fw-la christ._n vid._n senec_n in_o excerpt_v vid._n plutarch_n pericl_n &_o cicer_n offic._n l._n 1_o lamentat_fw-la 3._o 51._o omnibus_fw-la ad_fw-la