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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02740	The difference of hearers. Or An exposition of the parable of the sower Deliuered in certaine sermons at Hyton in Lancashire By William Harrison, his Maiesties preacher there. Together with a post-script to the Papists in Lancashire, containing an apologie for the points of controuersie touched in the sermons.	Harrison, William, d. 1625.	1614 (1614)	STC 12870; ESTC S116906	179,719	423

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the_o same_o effect_n he_o likewise_o speak_v elsewhere_o 5._o elsewhere_o ins●nct●●●m_fw-la cord●bus_fw-la ●uxta_fw-la qua_fw-la dam_n u●●tutes_fw-la empey_a p●r●n●n●●_n etc._n etc._n in_o fid●_n spe_fw-mi &_o cha●●tate_fw-la &_o alys●_n don●s_v sine_fw-la qui●●us_fw-la a●l_fw-la c●l●st●m_fw-la p●triam_fw-la non_fw-la pot●st_fw-la u●rire_fw-la p●rfes●ocum_fw-la cordan●●●es●●t_fw-la su●er_n ezech●●●_n homil_n 5._o say_v the_o holy_a ghost_n according_a to_o certain_a virtue_n do_v always_o abide_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o saint_n but_o according_a to_o other_o he_o do_v come_v and_o go_v away_o go_v away_o and_o come_v again_o for_o by_o faith_n hope_n and_o charity_n and_o other_o grace_n without_o which_o a_o man_n can_v come_v to_o heave●_n he_o never_o forsake_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o perfect_a bernard_n 10._o bernard_n 〈◊〉_d dom●n●_n serm_n 10._o propound_v a_o question_n how_o any_o of_o those_o who_o be_v unite_v to_o christ_n by_o faith_n can_v be_v cut_v off_o from_o he_o as_o unfruitful_a branch_n be_v cut_v off_o from_o the_o vine_n see_v he_o that_o be_v couple_v with_o christ_n be_v one_o spirit_n with_o he_o and_o answer_v it_o by_o distinguish_v of_o faith_n that_o there_o be_v a_o dead_a faith_n a_o feign_a faith_n a_o perverse_a faith_n and_o a_o right_a faith_n and_o thereupon_o infer_v that_o he_o who_o have_v any_o of_o the_o three_o former_a may_v be_v cut_v off_o but_o he_o who_o have_v the_o last_o can_v not_o be_v cut_v off_o from_o that_o vine_n he_o shall_v abide_v in_o christ_n and_o bear_v fruit_n and_o the_o father_n will_v purge_v he_o that_o he_o may_v bear_v more_o fruit_n most_o of_o the_o learned_a papist_n seem_v to_o come_v near_o unto_o we_o in_o this_o point_n though_o ●_o though_o saepius_fw-la pe●cando_fw-la &_o saepius_fw-la recidivando_fw-la co_fw-la tandem_fw-la perventunt_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o fidem_fw-la ipsam_fw-la amittant_fw-la etc._n etc._n promptuar_n d●●●●●_n 4._o post_n epopt_v ●_o stapleton_n teach_v that_o 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