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A40393 LI sermons preached by the Reverend Dr. Mark Frank ... being a course of sermons, beginning at Advent, and so continued through the festivals : to which is added a sermon preached at St. Pauls Cross, in the year forty-one, and then commanded to be printed by King Charles the First.; Sermons. Selections Frank, Mark, 1613-1664. 1672 (1672) Wing F2074A; ESTC R7076 739,197 600

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his_o captive_a people_n for_o their_o deliverance_n from_o babylon_n be_v now_o nigh_o at_o hand_n and_o their_o enemy_n near_o destruction_n call_v to_o they_o therefore_o to_o prepare_v themselves_o for_o it_o to_o make_v ready_a and_o expect_v it_o and_o here_o s._n john_n baptist_n tell_v the_o people_n the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n be_v now_o at_o hand_n s._n matth._n 3._o 2._o which_o by_o compare_v it_o with_o that_o wrath_n to_o come_v threaten_v to_o the_o pharisee_n and_o sadducee_n v_o 7._o with_o his_o exhortation_n to_o flee_v from_o it_o and_o by_o the_o come_n of_o the_o great_a and_o dreadful_a day_n of_o the_o lord_n mention_v by_o the_o prophet_n malachi_n four_o 5._o in_o the_o place_n where_o s._n john_n baptist_n come_v be_v foretell_v and_o the_o dreadfulness_n of_o it_o express_v chap._n iii._o 2._o where_o he_o be_v say_v to_o come_v to_o prepare_v his_o way_n before_o he_o but_o ver_fw-la 1_o etc._n etc._n s._n johns_n invite_v to_o repentance_n to_o divert_v 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day_n by_o the_o course_n of_o holy_a church_n to_o wish_v you_o to_o look_v up_o and_o lift_v up_o your_o head_n to_o see_v the_o son_n of_o man_n your_o redeemer_n in_o his_o second_o come_v come_v in_o a_o cloud_n of_o glory_n that_o we_o know_v it_o be_v the_o same_o son_n of_o man_n who_o be_v once_o bear_v in_o a_o stable_a and_o cradle_v in_o a_o manger_n that_o shall_v one_o day_n come_v to_o be_v the_o judge_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n we_o may_v so_o celebrate_v his_o first_o come_v in_o flesh_n that_o when_o all_o flesh_n shall_v stand_v before_o he_o we_o may_v lift_v up_o our_o head_n with_o joy_n and_o comfort_n for_o many_o there_o be_v which_o shall_v hang_v down_o they_o such_o who_o have_v not_o think_v aright_o of_o his_o come_n into_o the_o world_n or_o not_o worthy_o entertain_v it_o or_o not_o walk_v with_o he_o in_o it_o along_o the_o stage_n of_o his_o humility_n or_o never_o right_o ponder_v the_o terror_n of_o this_o second_o come_v in_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n which_o he_o himself_o here_o preach_v to_o his_o disciple_n that_o they_o may_v take_v heed_n to_o themselves_o lest_o at_o any_o time_n their_o heart_n shall_v be_v overcharge_v with_o surfeit_v and_o drunkenness_n the_o disease_n that_o usual_o infect_v all_o our_o christmasses_n and_o care_n of_o this_o life_n the_o disease_n that_o infect_v all_o our_o day_n and_o so_o that_o day_n come_v upon_o they_o unaware_o but_o that_o watch_n they_o shall_v and_o pray_v always_o that_o they_o may_v be_v account_v worthy_a to_o escape_v all_o these_o thing_n that_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v and_o to_o stand_v before_o the_o son_n of_o man_n ver_fw-la 34._o they_o have_v but_o three_o day_n before_o accompany_v he_o to_o jerusalem_n in_o his_o progress_n of_o meekness_n and_o now_o in_o one_o of_o his_o return_n he_o begin_v to_o tell_v they_o of_o another_o kind_n of_o come_v to_o it_o in_o judgement_n and_o fury_n his_o disciple_n who_o by_o the_o sight_n of_o such_o strong_a 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