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A13341 Of the markes of the children of God and of their comforts in afflictions. To the faithfull of the Low Countrie. By Iohn Taffin. Ouerseene againe and augmented by the author, and translated out of French by Anne Prowse.; Des marques des enfans de Dieu. English Taffin, Jean, 1529-1602.; Prowse, Anne. 1590 (1590) STC 23652; ESTC S118085 100,800 270

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a_o ram_n a_o he_o goat_n a_o turtle_n and_o a_o pigeon_n and_o send_v a_o flight_n of_o bird_n upon_o the_o dead_a carcase_n cut_v in_o piece_n he_o show_v he_o that_o his_o seed_n by_o the_o greatness_n of_o affliction_n shall_v be_v like_a unto_o dead_a carcase_n cut_v in_o piece_n and_o expose_v for_o a_o pray_v unto_o the_o bird_n david_n in_o a_o few_o word_n show_v this_o condition_n to_o be_v common_a to_o all_o the_o child_n of_o god_n say_v 34.20_o psal_n 34.20_o that_o the_o affliction_n of_o the_o righteous_a be_v many_o and_o in_o how_o many_o sort_n and_o in_o how_o many_o place_n have_v the_o prophet_n foretell_v of_o the_o affliction_n that_o come_v upon_o the_o ten_o tribe_n of_o israel_n carry_v after_o captive_n into_o assyria_n in_o like_a manner_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o juda_n the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n the_o sack_n of_o the_o city_n the_o massacre_n of_o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o people_n and_o the_o captivity_n of_o the_o rest_n 10.16_o 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