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A46991 A collection of the works of that holy man and profound divine, Thomas Iackson ... containing his comments upon the Apostles Creed, &c. : with the life of the author and an index annexed.; Selections. 1653 Jackson, Thomas, 1579-1640.; Oley, Barnabas, 1602-1686.; Vaughan, Edmund. 1653 (1653) Wing J88; Wing J91; ESTC R10327 823,194 586

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qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la revera_fw-la christiani_n dimittendos_fw-la putavi_fw-la putavi_fw-la genesis_n 42._o 29._o and_o they_o come_v to_o jacob_n their_o father_n unto_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o tell_v he_o all_o that_o have_v befall_v they_o say_v v._o 30._o the_o man_n who_o be_v lord_n of_o the_o land_n speak_v rough_o unto_o we_o and_o put_v we_o in_o prison_n as_o spy_n of_o the_o country_n v._o 31._o and_o we_o say_v unto_o he_o we_o be_v true_a man_n and_o be_v no_o spy_n v._o 32._o we_o be_v twelve_o brethren_n son_n of_o our_o father_n one_o be_v not_o and_o the_o young_a be_v this_o day_n with_o our_o father_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n v_o 33_o then_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o country_n say_v unto_o we_o hereby_o shall_v i_o know_v if_o you_o be_v true_a man_n leave_v one_o of_o your_o brethren_n with_o i_o and_o take_v food_n for_o the_o famine_n of_o your_o house_n and_o depart_v v._n 34._o and_o bring_v your_o young_a brother_n unto_o i_o that_o i_o may_v 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cta_fw-la oraculor●m_fw-la psal_n 107._o matth._n 12._o 29._o john_n 12._o 31._o 31._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plut._n ubi_fw-la sup_n lib._n citato_fw-la plato_n in_o mino●_n plut._n ibid._n jer._n 31._o 33._o heb._n 1._o 1._o malach._n 4._o 2._o plut._n ibid._n exod_n 3._o 2._o numb_a 22._o 22._o ●udg_n 6._o 11._o ●udg_n 13_o ●_o 2_o king_n 6._o 15_o etc._n etc._n act_n 22._o 9_o iliad_n 1._o 1._o the_o reader_n may_v add_v ●he_n like_o observation_n of_o giant_n frequent_a in_o the_o time_n of_o moses_n and_o joshuah_n but_o afterward_o seldom_o mention_v in_o the_o sacred_a story_n a_o representation_n of_o which_o historical_a truth_n we_o have_v in_o two_o or_o three_o speech●s_n of_o nestor_n iliad_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o which_o he_o intimate_v that_o in_o his_o youth_n which_o be_v about_o joshuahs_n time_n there_o have_v be_v many_o giant_n and_o man_n of_o stature_n and_o strength_n unusual_a in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o trojan_a war_n his_o cyclops_n for_o the_o manner_n of_o their_o habitation_n &_o other_o quality_n be_v live_v picture_n of_o the_o anakim_v expel_v hebron_n and_o the_o mountain_n country_n of_o judah_n by_o joshuah_n vid._n masium_n in_o cap._n 11._o josuae_fw-la vers_fw-la 21._o &_o august_n de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 15._o cap._n 9_o &_o vivem_n in_o comment_n an●●_n ●●_o 3._o cap._n ●●_o ●●_o see_v aimoinus_n aliter_fw-la annonius_fw-la de_fw-la gestis_fw-la francorum_fw-la lib._n 1._o c._n 7._o &_o 8._o in_o the_o corpus_fw-la francicae_n histor_n print_a in_o folio_n 1613._o hanoviae_n strabo_n lib._n 1._o fol._n 15._o 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hom._n ody_n 3._o 3._o strato_n ibid._n ibid._n plat._n lib._n 10._o de_fw-fr repub._n psal_n 34._o 8._o strabo_n lib._n 11._o fol._n 107._o 107._o or_o chederles_a busbequius_fw-la ibid._n numb_a 21._o numb_a 21._o 6._o ovid_n met._n l._n 3._o ●ab_n 1._o vel_fw-la 2._o josh_n 10._o 13._o judge_n 1●_n 1●_n 18._o ovid._n metam_fw-la l._n 8._o fab_n 1._o judge_n 16._o 17._o verse_n 19_o ovid._n meet_v l._n 6._o fab._n 3._o aliis_fw-la 4._o gen._n 19_o 14._o verse_n 15._o 15._o haud_fw-la procul_fw-la inde_fw-la campi_fw-la quos_fw-la ferunt_fw-la olim_fw-la ubere_n ●nagris●●_n urbibus_fw-la habitato_n ful●ninum_fw-la jac●u_fw-la arsisse_fw-la &_o manere_v ●…_n gia_fw-la terram●_n specietor●●dam_n ●nn_n srugiseram_fw-la per_fw-la a●d●sse_fw-la nam_fw-la cuncta_fw-la sponte_fw-la edita_fw-la aut_fw-la ●n●nu_fw-la sata_fw-la sive_fw-la herba_fw-la ●enus_fw-la aut_fw-la fl●re-seu_a solitarn_n in_o srec●e●n_n adolevere_a atra_fw-la &_o inania_fw-la velut_fw-la in_o ●●nere_fw-la ●…_n anes●unt_fw-la i_o g●_n st●ut_v jud●…_n as_o qu●n●●●_n ur●…●gne_a ●xlest●_n t●●g●asse_v c●●●_n esse●●m_fw-la ●…_n hal●…_n la●us_o in_o fr●●_n terram_fw-la ●or_a rump●_n su●er_o ●●●_o sum_fw-la sp●●um_fw-la c●●●aetus_fw-la segetum_fw-la &_o autumni_fw-la ●utres_fw-fr ere_n rear_v sole_a ●●l_a ●…●uat●_n gra●t_fw-la tac●●us_a lib._n 5._o host_n