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a_o eminent_a doctor_n in_o that_o university_n be_v serious_o affect_v and_o tell_v they_o that_o as_o they_o have_v former_o hear_v so_o now_o they_o see_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v unsearchable_a and_o past_o find_v out_o for_o this_o person_n who_o we_o honour_v for_o the_o strictness_n of_o his_o life_n the_o modesty_n and_o unblamableness_n of_o his_o conversation_n cry_v out_o now_o that_o he_o be_v damn_v by_o the_o just_a judgement_n of_o god_n this_o dreadful_a example_n he_o inforce_v upon_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o auditor_n with_o so_o many_o prevail_a argument_n that_o by_o the_o blessing_n of_o god_n several_a of_o they_o retire_v themselves_o from_o the_o world_n and_o spend_v the_o rest_n of_o their_o day_n whole_o in_o the_o service_n of_o god_n and_o prepare_v their_o soul_n for_o a_o eternal_a state_n in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v die_v man_n word_n p._n 196._o v._o charles_n the_o 5_o emperor_n of_o germany_n king_n of_o spain_n and_o lord_n of_o 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