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A11457 Tvvo sermons: preached at tvvo severall visitations, at Boston, in the diocesse and country of Lincolne. By Robert Sanderson, Bachelour of Diuinitie, and late fellow of Lincolne Colledge in Oxford Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. 1622 (1622) STC 21708; ESTC S112208 62,742 104

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regular_a doctrine_n be_v more_o than_o a_o ordinary_a slander_n translator_n render_v it_o as_o we_o be_v wrongful_o bla●ed_v as_o we_o be_v slander_v as_o we_o be_v slanderous_o report_v and_o the_o word_n indeed_o from_o the_o 〈◊〉_d the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d original_a import_v no_o more_o and_o so_o writer_n both_o profane_a and_o sacred_a use_n it_o but_o yet_o in_o scripture_n by_o a_o specialty_n it_o most_o time_n signify_v the_o high_a degree_n of_o slander_n when_o we_o open_v our_o mouth_n against_o god_n and_o speak_v ill_a or_o amiss_o or_o unworthy_o of_o god_n that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o proper_o the_o sin_n we_o call_v blasphemy_n and_o yet_o that_o very_a word_n of_o blasphemy_n which_o for_o the_o most_o part_n refer_v immediate_o to_o god_n the_o apostle_n here_o use_v when_o he_o speak_v of_o himself_o and_o other_o christian_a minister_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o we_o be_v slander_v nay_o as_o we_o be_v blaspheme_v a_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o we_o be_v slander_v as_o we_o be_v blaspheme_v that_o from_o the_o word_n observe_v three_o slander_n §_o 7._o observe_v iii_o the_o best_a truth_n be_v subject_a to_o slander_n the_o wrong_n do_v to_o the_o apostle_n and_o to_o his_o doctrine_n he_o be_v slanderous_o report_v to_o have_v teach_v that_o which_o he_o never_o so_o much_o as_o thought_n and_o his_o doctrine_n have_v many_o scandalous_a imputation_n fasten_v upon_o it_o whereof_o neither_o he_o nor_o it_o be_v guilty_a as_o we_o be_v slanderous_o report_v and_o as_o some_o affirm_v that_o we_o say_v the_o best_a truth_n be_v subject_a to_o misinterpretation_n and_o there_o be_v not_o tha●_n doctrine_n how_o firm_o so_o ever_o ground_v how_o wari●●_n so_o ever_o deliver_v whereon_o calumny_n will_v not_o fasten_v and_o stick_v slanderous_a imputation_n neither_o 19_o neither_o math._n 11._o 17_o 18_o 19_o johns_n mourning_n nor_o christ_n pipe_v can_v pass_v the_o pike_n but_o the_o one_o have_v a_o 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