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B12376 Heauens ioy, for a sinners repentance A sermon preached at VVhite-Hall the 4. of March, 1623. By Iohn Denison, Doctor of Diuinity, one of his Maiesties chaplaines. Denison, John, d. 1629. 1623 (1623) STC 6590; ESTC S109579 71,485 186

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coelo_fw-la desideratur_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la invenitur_fw-la ita_fw-la nihil_fw-la in_o inferno_fw-la invenitur_fw-la quod_fw-la desideratur_fw-la as_o in_o heaven_n there_o be_v nothing_o desire_v which_o be_v not_o find_v so_o in_o hell_n there_o be_v nothing_o find_v which_o be_v desire_v 9.6_o dabitur_fw-la miseris_fw-la vita_fw-la mortalis_fw-la morientur_fw-la &_o semper_fw-la erunt_fw-la cassiodorus_n revel_v 9.6_o he_o that_o be_v cast_v into_o hell_n fire_n shall_v seek_v death_n but_o shall_v not_o find_v it_o he_o shall_v desire_v to_o die_v but_o death_n shall_v flee_v from_o he_o he_o shall_v desire_v ease_n but_o be_v so_o far_o from_o the_o least_o hope_n of_o obtain_v it_o that_o whether_o the_o present_a pain_n he_o sustain_v in_o such_o extremity_n by_o virtue_n of_o this_o fire_n or_o the_o present_a thought_n of_o the_o perpetuity_n thereof_o be_v his_o great_a affliction_n it_o be_v hard_o to_o determine_v i_o be_o not_o ignorant_a that_o this_o penalty_n 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