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A16338 Some generall directions for a comfortable walking with God deliuered in the lecture at Kettering in Northhamptonshire, with enlargement: by Robert Bolton ... Bolton, Robert, 1572-1631. 1626 (1626) STC 3251; ESTC S106476 339,780 408

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pardon_v ordinary_a sin_n but_o those_o also_o which_o be_v as_o scarlet_a and_o red_a like_o crimson_a isai._n 1._o 18._o it_o be_v his_o free_a compassion_n to_o cast_v all_o our_o sin_n into_o the_o depth_n of_o the_o sea_n mich._n 7._o 19_o now_o the_o sea_n by_o reason_n of_o his_o vastness_n can_v drown_v as_o well_o mountain_n as_o molehill_n the_o boundless_a ocean_n of_o god_n mercy_n can_v swallow_v up_o our_o mighty_a sin_n much_o more_o it_o be_v his_o merciful_a power_n to_o blot_v out_o our_o sin_n as_o a_o cloud_n isai._n 44._o 22._o now_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o summer_n sun_n be_v able_a to_o scatter_v the_o thick_a fog_n as_o well_o as_o the_o thin_a mist_n nay_o to_o drive_v away_o the_o dark_a midnight_n the_o unresistable_a heat_n of_o god_n free_a love_n shine_v through_o the_o sun_n of_o righteousness_n upon_o a_o penitent_a soul_n to_o dissolve_v to_o nothing_o the_o desperate_v work_v of_o darkness_n and_o most_o horrible_a sin_n far_o more_o easy_o but_o this_o mystery_n of_o mercy_n and_o miracle_n of_o god_n free_a love_n be_v a_o jewel_n only_o for_o true_o humble_v soul_n and_o the_o seal_a fountain_n let_v no_o stranger_n to_o the_o life_n of_o godliness_n meddle_v with_o it_o let_v no_o swine_n trample_v it_o under_o his_o foot_n finis_fw-la finis_fw-la haec_fw-la iustorum_fw-la simplicitas_fw-la deridetur_fw-la quia_fw-la ab_fw-la h●…ius_fw-la mundi_fw-la sapientibus_fw-la puritatis_fw-la virtus_fw-la ●…atuitas_fw-la c●…editur_fw-la greg._n in_o ●…ap_n 12._o job_n cap._n 16._o 16._o et_fw-la quid_fw-la divitiae_fw-la per●…untes_fw-la &_o transitoriae_fw-la facultates_fw-la nisi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d aeter_fw-la na_fw-la diligentibus_fw-la sunt_fw-la ●…_n greg._n in_o 1_o reg._n cap._n 2._o 2._o non_fw-la debet_fw-la pro_fw-la magno_fw-la habe●…i_fw-la honour_n humanus_fw-la quia_fw-la nullius_fw-la est_fw-la ponderis_fw-la fumus_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr ci●…it_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 5._o cap._n 17._o 17._o cum_fw-la coeperit_fw-la deo_fw-la cuique_fw-la vi●…ere_fw-la mundum_fw-la contemnere_fw-la iniurias_fw-la svas_fw-la nolle_fw-la ulcisci_fw-la nolle_fw-la hîc_fw-la diultias_fw-la non_fw-la hîc_fw-la quaerere_fw-la foelicitatem_fw-la terrenam_fw-la contemnere_fw-la omne_fw-la dominum_fw-la solùm_fw-la cogitare_fw-la viam_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la deserere_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la à_fw-la paganis_fw-la dicitur_fw-la insanus_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la magis_fw-la dolendum_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la &_o intus_fw-la multi_fw-la dormiunt_fw-la &_o vigilare_fw-la nolunt_fw-la à_fw-la suis_fw-la à_fw-la christianis_fw-la audiunt_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o de_fw-la ipso_fw-la domino_fw-la quod_fw-la insaniret_fw-la august_n in_o psal._n 84._o 84._o nobilitas_fw-la heroica_fw-la est_fw-la eminentia_fw-la quaedam_fw-la notabilis_fw-la etc._n etc._n per_fw-la quam_fw-la homo_fw-la fi●…_n per_fw-la adoptionem_fw-la filius_fw-la dei_fw-la fit_a sponsa_fw-la christi_fw-la sit_fw-la templum_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la sine_fw-la quâ_fw-la nobilitates_fw-la caet●…rae_fw-la nihil_fw-la sunt_fw-la nhiil_n proficiunt_fw-la gers._fw-la tractat._n de_fw-fr nobilitate_fw-la psal._n 11._o 6._o 6._o cum_fw-la coeperit_fw-la homo_fw-la christianus_n cogitare_fw-la proficere_fw-la incipit_fw-la pati_fw-la linguas_fw-la adversa●…tium_fw-la quicunque_fw-la illas_fw-la nondum_fw-la passus_fw-la est_fw-la nondum_fw-la proficit_fw-la quicunque_fw-la illas_fw-la non_fw-la patitut_o nec_fw-la conatur_fw-la proficere_fw-la august_n in_o psal._n 119._o 119._o heb._n 11._o 36_o 38._o 38._o isa._n 6._o 2_o 3._o 3._o ezech._n 16._o 14._o zech_n 13._o 11._o 11._o lib._n 5._o sect._n 1_o prou._n 3._o 17._o 17._o c●…los_fw-la 1._o 1●…_n 1●…_n rom._n 12._o 11._o 11._o 1._o job._n 3._o 3_o 3_o phil._n 3._o 20._o colos._n 3._o 2._o 2._o ephes._n 5._o 15._o 15._o job_n 30._o 8_o 9_o psal._n 35._o 15_o 16._o and_o 69._o 12._o i_o be_o verò_fw-la illud_fw-la quale_fw-la quam_fw-la sanctum_fw-la quòd_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la ex_fw-la nobilibus_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la converti_fw-la coeperit_fw-la statim_fw-la h●…norem_fw-la nobilitatis_fw-la amittit_fw-la aut_fw-la quantus_fw-la in_o christiano_n populo_fw-la honour_n christi_fw-la est_fw-la ubi_fw-la religio_fw-la ignobilem_fw-la facit_fw-la statim_fw-la enim_fw-la ut_fw-la quis_fw-la melior_fw-la esse_fw-la tentaverit_fw-la de_fw-la e●…ioris_fw-la abiectione_n calcatur_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la omnes_fw-la quodammodo_fw-la mali_fw-la esse_fw-la coguntur_fw-la ne_fw-la vise_n habeantur_fw-la ita_fw-la seculum_fw-la totum_fw-la iniquitatibus_fw-la plenum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la aut_fw-la mali_fw-la sint_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la aut_fw-la qui_fw-la boni_fw-la sunt_fw-la multotum_fw-la persecutione_n crucientur_fw-la si_fw-mi honoratior_fw-la quispiam_fw-la religioni_fw-la se_fw-la applicue●…it_fw-la illicò_fw-la honoratus_fw-la esse_fw-la defistit_fw-la si_fw-la fuerit_fw-la splendidissimus_fw-la fit_a vilissimus_fw-la si_fw-mi fuerit_fw-la totus_fw-la honoris_fw-la fit_a totus_fw-la iniuriae_fw-la si_fw-la bone_fw-la est_fw-la quispiam_fw-la quasi_fw-la malus_fw-la spernitur_fw-la si_fw-la est_fw-la malu●…_n quasi_fw-la bone_fw-la honoratur_fw-la nihil_fw-la itaque_fw-la mirum_fw-la si_fw-la deteriora_fw-la quotid●…è_fw-la patimur_fw-la qui_fw-la deteriores_fw-la quotidiè_fw-la fumus_fw-la saluianus_n de_fw-fr ver●…_n iudicio_fw-la &_o provid●…_n tia_fw-la dei_fw-la lib_fw-la 4._o pag._n 128_o 129._o 129._o