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A08276 A commentarie or exposition vpon the first chapter of the prophecy of Amos delivered in xxi. sermons in the parish church of Meisey Hampton in the diocesse of Gloucester, by Sebastian Benefield ... Hereunto is added a sermon vpon 1. Cor. 9.19. wherein is touched the lawfull vse of things indifferent. Benefield, Sebastian, 1559-1630. 1613 (1613) STC 1861; ESTC S101601 198,690 274

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d galli_n diev_n itali_fw-la idio_fw-la hispani_fw-la dios_n dalmatis_n sive_fw-la illyricis_fw-la est_fw-la bogi_n boiemis_n bohv_n mahumetanis_n abgd_v gentibus_fw-la in_o novo_fw-la mundo_fw-la repertis_fw-la zimi_n chaldaeis_n &_o siris_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d certè_fw-la hoc_fw-la sine_fw-la singulari_fw-la dei_fw-la o._n m._n providentiâ_fw-la factum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ego_fw-la existimo_fw-la illo_fw-la significari_fw-la nomen_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o quatuor_fw-la mundi_fw-la plagis_fw-la decantandum_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o all_o tongue_n and_o language_n general_o consist_v of_o four_o letter_n more_o they_o speak_v of_o it_o you_o have_v hear_v it_o before_o jehovah_n 10.17_o jehovah_n deut._n 10.17_o god_n of_o god_n &_o lord_n of_o lord_n a_o god_n 43.29_o god_n eccles_n 43.29_o most_o wonderful_a very_o 10.17_o very_o deut._n 10.17_o great_a mighty_a and_o terrible_a a_o god_n that_o 43.31_o that_o eccles_n 43.31_o can_v either_o be_v 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