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A04619 A commentary vpon the Epistles of Saint Paul to Philemon, and to the Hebrewes together with a compendious explication of the second and third Epistles of Saint Iohn. By VVilliam Iones of East Bergholt in Suffolke, Dr. in Divinity, and sometimes one of the fellowes of the foundation of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge. Jones, William, 1561-1636. 1635 (1635) STC 14739.5; ESTC S112377 707,566 758

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ment_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d corpore_fw-la i_o exceed_o fear_v and_o quake_v these_o word_n be_v not_o express_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n yet_o we_o be_v to_o believe_v they_o as_o the_o name_n of_o the_o sorcerer_n jannes_n and_o jambre_n supply_v by_o saint_n paul_n nevertheless_o they_o may_v be_v collect_v out_o of_o exodus_fw-la moses_n say_v i_o fear_v and_o quake_v god_n answer_v comfort_v he_o exod._n 19.19_o dixit_fw-la facto_fw-la etsi_fw-la non_fw-la verbo_fw-la moses_n be_v a_o rare_a and_o singular_a man_n great_o honour_v by_o god_n almighty_a he_o divide_v the_o red_a sea_n and_o bring_v the_o people_n over_o god_n talk_v familiar_o with_o he_o as_o one_o friend_n use_v to_o do_v with_o another_o when_o he_o be_v dead_a god_n vouchsafe_v to_o bury_v he_o himself_o yet_o moses_n shake_v like_o a_o aspenleafe_n he_o be_v not_o only_o afraid_a but_o he_o tremble_v too_o such_o be_v the_o majesty_n of_o god_n that_o it_o make_v the_o holy_a man_n in_o the_o world_n to_o quake_v because_o of_o sin_n in_o they_o when_o god_n speak_v to_o adam_n after_o the_o fall_n he_o be_v afraid_a and_o hide_v himself_o among_o the_o tree_n manoah_n cry_v out_o we_o have_v see_v god_n therefore_o we_o shall_v die_v moses_n at_o the_o delivery_n of_o the_o law_n do_v quake_v and_o tremble_v then_o how_o shall_v the_o wicked_a shake_n when_o christ_n shall_v come_v at_o the_o latter_a day_n to_o take_v a_o account_n of_o the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o law_n felix_n tremble_v when_o he_o hear_v of_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n what_o shall_v they_o do_v when_o they_o see_v it_o they_o shall_v cry_v out_o with_o they_o in_o the_o apocalypse_n the_o great_a day_n of_o his_o wrath_n be_v come_v etc._n etc._n
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in_o absaloms_n body_n from_o the_o crown_n of_o his_o head_n to_o the_o sole_n of_o his_o foot_n so_o let_v there_o be_v no_o blemish_n so_o far_o as_o be_v possible_a no_o sore_n of_o corrupt_a doctrine_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o our_o sermon_n to_o the_o end_n let_v all_o be_v consonant_n to_o the_o analogy_n of_o faith_n as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v let_v we_o have_v never_o a_o drop_n of_o doctrine_n but_o we_o be_v sure_a it_o flow_v from_o the_o fountain_n of_o god_n word_n a_o lamentable_a thing_n it_o be_v to_o consider_v how_o many_o preacher_n in_o the_o light_n of_o the_o gospel_n partly_o for_o the_o ostentation_n of_o their_o own_o wit_n and_o learning_n partly_o on_o a_o unstayed_a affection_n and_o unsettle_a judgement_n deliver_v dangerous_a point_n that_o make_v much_o hurlie_n burly_n among_o the_o people_n inter_fw-la curas_fw-la maxima_fw-la cura_fw-la est_fw-la refraenare_fw-la curiosos_fw-la they_o be_v to_o be_v avoid_v etiamsi_fw-la nescio_fw-la qua_fw-la 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evil_a he_o need_v not_o say_v so_o to_o the_o people_n they_o will_v make_v haste_n to_o do_v the_o like_a fast_o enough_o nulli_fw-la jam_fw-la illicitum_fw-la esse_fw-la videtur_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la tanquam_fw-la licitum_fw-la perpetratur_fw-la 6._o id_fw-la homines_fw-la credunt_fw-la esse_fw-la laudabile_fw-la quod_fw-la episcopus_fw-la habuerit_fw-la delectabile_fw-la if_o the_o minister_n be_v a_o drunkard_n a_o frequent_a of_o tavern_n and_o alehouse_n etc._n etc._n the_o people_n take_v licence_n thereby_o to_o commit_v the_o like_a sin_n if_o covetousness_n be_v a_o sin_n will_v our_o minister_n be_v covetous_a etc._n etc._n thus_o he_o do_v not_o only_a sin_n himself_o but_o he_o make_v other_o to_o sin_n therefore_o for_o conscience_n sake_n we_o have_v need_n all_o to_o have_v a_o eye_n to_o it_o tanquam_fw-la in_o coelo_fw-la peccat_fw-la jesum_fw-la say_v saint_n bern._n qui_fw-la in_o clero_fw-la iniqua_fw-la facit_fw-la