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A sermon preached at the assizes held at Dorchestor in the county of Dorset, upon the fourth day of March in the year of our Lord 1669 by John Straight ...
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Straight, John, 1605?-1680.
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we_o will_v bring_v we_o thither_o no_o beloved_n we_o must_v be_v dig_v yea_o and_o deep_o dig_v too_o here_o in_o god_n vineyard_n before_o we_o can_v come_v to_o receive_v our_o reward_n we_o must_v weep_v we_o must_v watch_v we_o must_v pray_v in_o the_o evening_n morning_n and_o at_o noonday_n and_o that_o instant_o we_o must_v search_v the_o scripture_n with_o diligence_n read_v god_n word_n with_o delight_n and_o meditate_v in_o the_o same_o with_o continuance_n both_o day_n and_o night_n non_fw-fr est_fw-fr à _fw-fr terris_fw-la mollis_fw-la ad_fw-la astra_fw-la via_fw-la the_o way_n to_o heaven_n be_v no_o easy_a way_n it_o be_v no_o go_v thither_o in_o a_o feather_n bed_n menand_n menand_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d if_o thou_o will_v be_v happy_a thou_o must_v labour_v for_o it_o so_o menander_n many_o there_o be_v i_o know_v who_o fain_o will_v go_v to_o heaven_n but_o loath_a they_o be_v to_o take_v the_o pain_n glad_o will_v they_o enter_v in_o at_o the_o straight_a 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