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A04985 Sermons vvith some religious and diuine meditations. By the Right Reuerend Father in God, Arthure Lake, late Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells. Whereunto is prefixed by way of preface, a short view of the life and vertues of the author Lake, Arthur, 1569-1626. 1629 (1629) STC 15134; ESTC S113140 1,181,342 1,122

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or_o not_o guilty_a second_o it_o confound_v not_o tare_n with_o wheat_n nor_o sheep_n with_o goat_n in_o the_o presentment_n not_o in_o the_o doom_n do_v it_o confound_v the_o right_a hand_n with_o the_o jest_n hell_n and_o heaven_n death_n and_o life_n it_o have_v a_o accuse_v and_o excuse_v voice_n a_o condemn_a and_o a_o absolve_a voice_n these_o two_o sort_n of_o voice_n it_o have_v and_o no_o more_o final_o we_o must_v expect_v no_o shift_n no_o delay_n in_o the_o work_n of_o our_o conscience_n whether_o it_o play_v the_o jury_n or_o the_o judge_n but_o let_v we_o take_v these_o work_v a_o little_a a_o sunder_a and_o first_o see_v that_o which_o be_v against_o we_o the_o apostle_n use_v a_o significant_a word_n which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o compound_a word_n which_o show_v that_o conscience_n do_v first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d know_v thorough_o before_o it_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d offer_v to_o condemn_v we_o the_o very_a word_n import_v a_o orderly_a course_n of_o proceed_v it_o do_v not_o go_v against_o we_o without_o a_o just_a ground_n and_o so_o be_v free_a from_o the_o corruption_n which_o be_v in_o too_o many_o worldly_a judge_n that_o resolve_v upon_o a_o man_n execution_n before_o they_o have_v hear_v his_o cause_n but_o our_o conscience_n be_v privy_a to_o all_o our_o do_n a_o eyewitness_n of_o all_o that_o pass_v from_o we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o know_v and_o proceed_v upon_o certain_a knowledge_n yea_o it_o will_v present_v it_o so_o to_o the_o eye_n of_o our_o soul_n that_o it_o will_v not_o suffer_v we_o to_o be_v ignorant_a of_o that_o which_o it_o know_v it_o will_v make_v we_o confitentes_fw-la reos_fw-la we_o shall_v plead_v guilty_a against_o our_o own_o self_n and_o here_o