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A13272
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Sermons vpon solemne occasions preached in severall auditories. By Humphrey Sydenham, rector of Pokington in Somerset.
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Sydenham, Humphrey, 1591-1650?
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1637
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STC 23573; ESTC S118116
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not_o hear_v of_o and_o hear_v perhaps_o can_v not_o well_o understand_v open_v to_o they_o the_o mystery_n of_o a_o trinity_n tell_v they_o of_o three_o person_n in_o one_o god_n nay_o that_o three_o person_n be_v but_o one_o god_n and_o yet_o every_o one_o of_o these_o person_n a_o true_a god_n that_o there_o be_v a_o father_n from_o everlasting_a which_o be_v divine_a and_o a_o son_n so_o too_o very_a god_n of_o very_a god_n beget_v before_o the_o world_n and_o before_o all_o time_n and_o yet_o bring_v forth_o after_o there_o be_v a_o world_n and_o in_o the_o fullness_n of_o time_n this_o can_v be_v no_o less_o than_o a_o riddle_n to_o flesh_n and_o blood_n and_o more_o apt_a to_o stagger_v a_o natural_a understanding_n than_o inform_v it_o but_o that_o god_n who_o wrought_v miraculous_o in_o the_o creation_n of_o man_n do_v also_o in_o his_o conversion_n his_o apostle_n here_o shall_v do_v that_o by_o the_o secret_a operation_n of_o the_o spirit_n which_o the_o subtle_a power_n 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