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A09069 A booke of Christian exercise appertaining to resolution, that is, shewing how that we should resolve our selves to become Christians indeed: by R.P. Perused, and accompanied now with a treatise tending to pacification: by Edm. Bunny.; Booke of Christian exercise. Part 1. Bunny, Edmund, 1540-1619.; Bunny, Edmund, 1540-1619. Treatise tending to pacification.; Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610. Christian directory. 1584 (1584) STC 19355; ESTC S105868 310,605 572

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at_o his_o hand_n in_o that_o state_n which_o four_o point_n be_v declare_v i_o doubt_n not_o but_o great_a light_n shall_v appear_v in_o this_o whole_a matter_n which_o seem_v to_o flesh_n and_o blood_n to_o be_v so_o full_a of_o darkness_n and_o improbability_n 2_o and_o touch_v the_o first_o no._n there_o need_v little_a poofe_n for_o that_o christ_n himself_o say_v to_o his_o disciple_n and_o by_o they_o to_o all_o other_o his_o servant_n in_o mundo_fw-la pressuram_fw-la sustinebitis_fw-la in_o the_o world_n you_o shall_v sustain_v affliction_n and_o in_o another_o place_n 16._o in_o your_o patience_n shall_v you_o possess_v your_o soul_n that_o be_v by_o suffer_v patient_o in_o adversity_n which_o saint_n paul_n yet_o utter_v more_o plain_o when_o he_o say_v all_o those_o that_o will_v live_v godly_a in_o jesus_n christ_n shall_v suffer_v persecution_n if_o all_o than_o none_o can_v be_v except_v 3._o and_o to_o signify_v yet_o further_o the_o necessity_n of_o this_o matter_n 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