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A04190 Nazareth and Bethlehem, or, Israels portion in the sonne of Iesse. And, mankinds comfort from the weaker sexe Tvvo sermons preached in St Maryes Church in Oxford. By Thomas Iackson, Bachelour of Divinitie, and fellow of Corpus Christi College in Oxford. Jackson, Thomas, 1579-1640. 1617 (1617) STC 14314; ESTC S107487 41,136 80

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to_o enlarge_v his_o comment_n upon_o my_o prophet_n riddle_n 34._o then_o say_v mary_n unto_o the_o angel_n how_o shall_v this_o be_v see_v i_o know_v not_o a_o man_n and_o the_o angel_n answer_v and_o say_v unto_o she_o the_o holy_a ghost_n shall_v come_v upon_o thou_o and_o the_o power_n of_o the_o high_a shall_v over_o shadow_v thou_o as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v what_o have_v thou_o to_o do_v with_o a_o man_n who_o have_v find_v this_o favour_n with_o god_n that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v with_o thou_o as_o with_o other_o woman_n thy_o conception_n of_o this_o thy_o son_n be_v a_o work_n new_a and_o unheard_a of_o hitherto_o in_o israel_n a_o work_n not_o of_o generation_n but_o of_o creation_n it_o must_v be_v wrought_v by_o the_o immediate_a hand_n of_o god_n but_o let_v it_o not_o seem_v so_o impossible_a as_o new_a and_o strange_a see_v he_o have_v foretell_v it_o by_o his_o prophet_n who_o be_v able_a to_o bring_v to_o pass_v what_o ever_o he_o fortell_n nor_o will_v the_o 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