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A27259 Psychomachia, or, The soules conflict with the sins of vain glory, coldnesse in professing Christ, envie, photinianism (of the last resurrection), ingratitude, unpreparednes to meet the Lord, revenge, forgetfulness of God : pourtrayed in eight severall sermons, six whereof were delivered at St. Maries, and Christ-Church in Oxford, and two at Sherburn in Glocestershire / Henry Beesley ... Beesley, Henry, 1605-1675. 1656 (1656) Wing B1691; ESTC R13325 163,090 260

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we_o reckon_v ourselves_o to_o have_v that_o be_v a_o good_a captain_n to_o lead_v and_o encourage_v they_o a_o righteous_a cause_n to_o prompt_v and_o embolden_v they_o a_o gracious_a god_n to_o relieve_v and_o succour_v they_o and_o a_o glorious_a heaven_n to_o receive_v and_o reward_v they_o but_o what_o shall_v we_o think_v then_o of_o these_o poor_a his_o ule_n that_o want_v all_o these_o yet_o endure_v no_o less_o torment_n such_o as_o we_o find_v in_o the_o heathen_a martyrologie_n as_o zeno_n socrates_n anaxarchus_n &c_n &c_n that_o seal_v such_o lean_a and_o barren_a truth_n as_o philosophy_n teach_v they_o with_o the_o expense_n of_o their_o dear_a blood_n hac_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la causa_fw-la dominus_fw-la in_o seculum_fw-la admisit_fw-la so_o think_v tertullian_n martyr_n tertullian_n ad_fw-la martyr_n these_o example_n god_n permit_v to_o be_v in_o the_o world_n not_o without_o some_o special_a providence_n but_o either_o to_o exhort_v we_o in_o this_o our_o day_n or_o to_o confound_v