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A91945 The poore's pension: a sermon preached in Gregories Church in Sudbury in the county of Suffolke, May 12. 1643. Upon occasion of the charitable reliefe that yearly then, and there is given, towards the covering or clothing of a hundred poore people, according to the will of the donour M Martine Cole, late of the towne aforesaid deceased. By Samuel Rogers, Master in Arts, and Minister of Much-Tey in Essex. Imprimatur Ja. Cranford, Aug. 12. 1644. Rogers, Samuel. 1644 (1644) Wing R1828; Thomason E10_2; ESTC R15358 44,419 46

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my_o opinion_n be_v that_o plain_a speak_n be_v as_o commendable_a in_o preach_v as_o plain_a deal_n be_v necessary_a in_o trade_n as_o minister_n therefore_o press_v this_o upon_o people_n so_o be_v they_o to_o practice_v that_o themselves_o choose_v rather_o to_o profit_v people_n with_o wholesome_a doctrine_n then_o to_o please_v they_o with_o delightsome_a phrase_n this_o that_o you_o have_v here_o at_o first_o show_v itself_o in_o a_o plain_a dress_n and_o since_o have_v i_o neither_o listen_v nor_o leisure_n to_o put_v it_o into_o another_o habit_n have_v i_o skill_n to_o do_v it_o who_o can_v now_o in_o these_o sad_a time_n apply_v himself_o to_o the_o study_n of_o witty_a invention_n or_o delight_v other_o with_o the_o curiosity_n of_o nice_a expression_n cicero_n say_v thus_o of_o rhetoric_n pacis_fw-la est_fw-la comes_fw-la ottique_n socia_fw-la &_o jam_fw-la bene_fw-la constitutae_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la velut_fw-la alumna_fw-la quaedam_fw-la eloquentia_fw-la which_o if_o 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any_o thing_n who_o give_v to_o all_o life_n and_o breath_n and_o all_o thing_n act._n 17.24_o 25._o and_o deut_n 8.3_o he_o humble_v and_o suffer_v thou_o to_o hunger_n etc._n etc._n that_o he_o may_v make_v thou_o know_v that_o man_n do_v not_o live_v by_o bread_n only_o but_o by_o every_o word_n that_o proceed_v out_o of_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o lord_n do_v man_n live_v it_o be_v not_o the_o outward_a mean_n that_o we_o do_v live_v upon_o but_o god_n blessing_n upon_o the_o mere_n that_o we_o live_v by_o and_o verse_n 17_o 18._o lest_o thou_o say_v in_o thy_o heart_n my_o power_n and_o the_o might_n of_o my_o hand_n have_v get_v i_o this_o wealth_n but_o thou_o shall_v remember_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n for_o it_o be_v he_o that_o give_v thou_o power_n to_o get_v this_o wealth_n etc._n etc._n so_o the_o wise_a man_n tell_v we_o that_o riches_n and_o wealth_n with_o power_n to_o partake_v thereof_o and_o comfort_n in_o the_o use_n thereof_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n eccl._n 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with_o the_o fatness_n of_o thy_o house_n by_o house_n here_o may_v be_v understand_v not_o only_o the_o place_n of_o grace_n i.e._n where_o the_o lord_n do_v afford_v the_o mean_n of_o grace_n where_o he_o do_v dispense_v his_o holy_a ordinance_n spiritual_a dainty_n and_o delicacy_n which_o the_o lord_n himself_o have_v provide_v for_o the_o nourish_a and_o cherish_v of_o the_o soul_n of_o his_o people_n in_o this_o life_n isai_n 25.6_o but_o also_o the_o palace_n of_o glory_n i.e._n the_o happiness_n of_o heaven_n provide_v for_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n after_o this_o life_n which_o be_v also_o call_v the_o house_n of_o god_n job_n 14.2_o where_o there_o be_v a_o everlasting_a wellspring_n of_o joy_n that_o can_v never_o be_v exhaust_v or_o draw_v dry_a and_o thou_o shall_v make_v they_o drink_v of_o the_o river_n of_o thy_o pleasure_n for_o with_o thou_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o life_n and_o in_o thy_o light_n shall_v we_o see_v light_n the_o very_a thought_n whereof_o even_o 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