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A54857 The signal diagnostick whereby we are to judge of our own affections : and as well of our present, as future state, or, The love of Christ planted upon the very same turf, on which it once had been supplanted by the extreme love of sin : being the substance of several sermons, deliver'd at several times and places, and now at last met together to make up the treatise which ensues / by Tho. Pierce. Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691. 1670 (1670) Wing P2199; ESTC R12333 120,589 186

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monarchy_n under_o the_o vain_a pretext_n of_o the_o queen_n of_o france_n her_o pretension_n 8_o of_o the_o unreasonableness_n of_o the_o romanist_n 〈◊〉_d ●…quiring_v our_o communion_n with_o the_o present_a romish_a c●…rch_n 8_o o_o o_o jer._n 4._o 3._o 3._o jer._n 10._o 12._o matt._n 9_o 37._o luke_n 10._o 2._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 9_o jer._n 10._o 12._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 6_o &_o 7._o 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d philo_z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 365._o rom._n 10._o 20._o 20._o luke_n 13._o 24._o deut._n 11._o 29._o ex._n 19_o 18_o 20._o heb._n 12._o 19_o 20_o 20_o heb._n 13._o 13._o mat._n 7._o 14._o mat._n 5._o 3_o 4_o etc._n etc._n to_o verse_n 12._o 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apollin_n john_n 14._o 15._o i._o ii_o iii_o 1._o 2._o 3._o 3._o 1_o john_n 3._o 24._o 24._o john_n 14._o 23._o &_o ch_z 17._o 23._o 23._o 2_o pet._n 1._o 10._o act_n 21._o 12_o 13._o john_n 6._o 67._o verse_n 6●…_n john_n 21._o 17._o 1_o john_n 3._o 1._o 1_o john_n 4._o 19_o matth._n 5._o 46._o matth._n 12._o 24._o cant._n 8._o 6._o 6._o act_n 5._o 31._o eph._n 5._o 29_o 30._o 30._o rev._n 3._o 20._o cantic_a 5._o 2._o 2._o heb._n 11._o 6._o 6._o gal._n 5._o 6._o 6._o matt._n 7._o 22_o 24_o 26._o john_n 14_o 21_o 23_o 24._o 24._o rom._n 13._o 10._o 10._o 2_o cor._n 13._o 5._o 5._o john_n 14._o 23._o ch_n 17._o 23._o 1_o john_n 3._o 24._o 24._o heb._n 12._o 2._o 2._o 1_o thes._n 1._o 3._o cant._n 5_o 3._o jer._n 13._o 23._o rom._n 6._o 12_o 14._o chap._n 7._o 23._o exod._n 21._o 6._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 17._o 1._o john_n 3._o 9_o tit._n 2._o 12._o 1_o john_n 5._o 3._o psal._n 19_o 11._o levit._fw-la 18._o 5._o ezek._n 20._o 11._o 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d philo._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 127._o 128._o 128._o est_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la seculo_fw-la obtemperantibus_fw-la merces_fw-la cum_fw-la penitùs_fw-la à_fw-la nobis_fw-la evulsis_fw-la peccati_fw-la radicibus_fw-la caleatoque_fw-la mundi_fw-la fastu_fw-la atque_fw-la edomitâ_fw-la carnis_fw-la petulantiâ_fw-la virtutibus_fw-la ditamur_fw-la nihilque_fw-la non_fw-la agimus_fw-la quo_fw-la ex_fw-la hominibus_fw-la dii_fw-la efficiamur_fw-la folengius_n in_o psalm_n 19_o 11._o 11._o deut._n 10._o 13._o mat._n 10._o 30._o 1._o tim._n 4._o 8._o 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d philo_z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 351._o mat._n 6._o 31_o 33._o 33._o v_o torquat_fw-la apud_fw-la cic._n de_fw-fr fin._n l._n 1._o &_o 2._o &_o gatakeri_fw-la praeloquium_fw-la quod_fw-la antonino_n imperatori_fw-la à_fw-la se_fw-la edito_fw-la praemisit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d philo_z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 769_o 770._o praeceptum_fw-la est_fw-la pythagoricum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vide_fw-la philonem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 670._o hinc_fw-la paradoxa_fw-la sunt_fw-la plerumque_fw-la quae_fw-la docent_fw-la pythagorai_fw-la sc_n exules_fw-la esse_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o mediâ_fw-la urbe_fw-la magistratûs_fw-la obeunt_fw-la &_o è_fw-la contrà_fw-la divitlis_n scatentem_fw-la egenum_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o vice_fw-la versâ_fw-la psal._n 119._o 92._o verse_n 19_o 19_o verse_n 50._o verse_n 99_o 100_o verse_n 14._o 16._o 20._o 97._o 131._o 143._o verse_n 3._o 162._o 72._o verse_n 80._o verse_n 32._o pater_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la pares_fw-la 1_o john_n 3._o 24._o 24._o joh._n 14._o 13_o 14_o john_n 15._o 7._o john_n 16._o 23._o 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arist._n eth._n eth._n matth._n 7._o 2._o 2._o sinner_n implead_v part_n 1._o ch_n 1._o sect._n 6._o luk._n 10._o 40_o 41._o rom._n 13._o 8._o 9_o 10._o gal._n 5._o 14._o 2_o cor._n 6._o 10._o 1_o john_n 3._o 18._o verse_n 17._o jam._n 2._o 15._o 16._o rom._n 13._o 9_o 10._o heb._n 6._o 6._o &_o ch_z 10._o v._n 29._o mark_v 4._o 39_o 1_o cor._n 15._o deut._n 5._o 29._o deut._n 32._o 39_o psal._n 81._o 13._o isa._n 48._o 18._o 18._o sinner_n implead_v part_n 2._o ch_z 3._o sect._n 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o 10._o 2_o cor._n 8._o 12._o ho●…_n 11._o 4._o rom._n 6._o 16._o luke_n 16._o 13._o ●…_n cor._n 5._o 14._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 6_o 7._o rom._n 10._o 10._o rom._n ●…_n psal._n 39_o 3._o cant._n 8._o 6_o 7._o the_o application_n 2_o cor._n 2._o 15._o eph._n 5._o 2._o cant._n 4._o 10_o 11_o 12_o 13_o 14._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rev._n 21._o ult_n 1_o esdr._n 4._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lucian_n matt._n 5._o 44._o matt._n 5._o 12._o mark_v 10._o 21._o matt._n 16._o 24_o luke_o 14._o 26._o 26._o matt._n 10._o 37_o 38._o luke_n 14._o 26_o 27_o 33._o psa._n 1●…_n 1._o 12_o 3._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aristot._n ●…thic_n l._n 10._o cap._n 1._o 1._o virtutes_fw-la coluit_fw-la non_fw-la tanquam_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la bonas_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o quantum_fw-la aptissimas_fw-la ad_fw-la quietè_fw-la vivendum_fw-la vel_fw-la quia_fw-la vitam_fw-la tutiorem_fw-la &_o voluptatem_fw-la efficiunt_fw-la pleniorem_fw-la nec_fw-la justitiam_fw-la censuit_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la optubilem_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la jucunditatem_fw-la afferret_fw-la torquatus_n apud_fw-la cic._n de_fw-fr fin._n l._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epic._n apud_fw-la laert._n l._n 10._o 2_o cor._n 13._o 5._o jer._n 17._o 9_o compare_v isa._n 5._o 20_o 23._o with_o jer._n 23._o 14._o 33._o 33._o prov._n 30._o 12._o 12._o deut._n 29._o 19_o c_o job_n 8._o 13_o 14._o 14._o mic._n 3._o 11_o see_v the_o confession_n of_o faith_n by_o the_o assembly_n of_o divine_n ch_n 18._o p._n 31._o see_v the_o penitent_a murderer_n in_o the_o account_n of_o thomas_n parson_n 2_o thess._n 2._o 11._o philip._n 2._o 12._o 1_o cor._n 7._o 9_o confession_n of_o faith_n chap._n 18._o art_n 2._o 3._o 3._o 1_o cor._n 13._o 9_o 12._o 12._o ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la heb._n 11._o 11._o heb._n 6._o 10_o 1_o cor._n 9_o rom._n 8._o 10_o 11_o 13._o 1_o tim._n 1._o 5._o luk._n 6._o 44._o the_o application_n eccles._n 12._o 13._o 1_o cor._n 7._o 19_o gal._n 5._o 6._o psal._n 119._o 33._o jam._n 4._o 4._o psal._n 56._o 8._o mal._n 3._o 16._o act._n 26._o 26._o 1_o sam._n 15._o 9_o 1_o sam._n 25._o 41._o 1_o john_n 4●…_n 4●…_n per_fw-la se_fw-la placet_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la requirit_fw-la causam_fw-la non_fw-la fractum_fw-la s._n bernard_n super_fw-la cantic_n cant._n serm_n 83._o nam_fw-la cum_fw-la ama●…_n non_fw-la vult_fw-la aliud_fw-la quam_fw-la amari_fw-la id._n ibid._n non_fw-la ad_fw-la aliud_fw-la amat_fw-la deus_fw-la nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la ametur_fw-la sciens_fw-la ipso_fw-la amor●…_n beatos_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la amau●…_n id._n ib._n jussisti_fw-la o_o domine_fw-la ut_fw-la diligam_fw-la te_fw-la aut_fw-la mihi_fw-la infernum_fw-la minari●…_n sed_fw-la mihi_fw-la magnus_fw-la satis_fw-la infernus_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la te_fw-la dignè_fw-la amare_fw-la non_fw-la val●…o_fw-la august_n confess_v l._n 10_o c._n 28_o 29_o 30._o quid_fw-la vitius_fw-la ●…_n quam_fw-la