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A13272 Sermons vpon solemne occasions preached in severall auditories. By Humphrey Sydenham, rector of Pokington in Somerset. Sydenham, Humphrey, 1591-1650? 1637 (1637) STC 23573; ESTC S118116 163,580 323

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sleep_v together_o and_o with_o they_o death_n and_o hence_o i_o suppose_v it_o be_v that_o the_o evangelist_n call_v darkness_n vmbra_fw-la mortis_fw-la the_o shadow_n of_o death_n luke_n 1.79_o and_o the_o prophet_n whence_o he_o have_v it_o regionem_fw-la umbrae_fw-la mortis_fw-la the_o land_n of_o the_o shadow_n of_o death_n isay_n 9.2_o death_n and_o shadow_n of_o death_n and_o the_o land_n of_o the_o shadow_n of_o death_n and_o of_o all_o these_o darkness_n be_v a_o hieroglyphic_a or_o emblem_n or_o both_o as_o if_o there_o be_v no_o other_o misery_n to_o express_v they_o by_o but_o darkness_n and_o indeed_o darkness_n be_v a_o great_a misery_n and_o seldom_o mention_v in_o sacred_a story_n without_o intimation_n of_o some_o curse_n or_o punishment_n so_o for_o the_o unprofitable_a servant_n 25.30_o math._n 25.30_o we_o find_v that_o the_o doom_n be_v utter_a darkness_n and_o for_o the_o angel_n that_o fall_v chain_n of_o darkness_n 6.13_o jude_n 6.13_o and_o for_o the_o wander_a 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