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sermon_n preach_v upon_o several_a occasion_n by_o lancelot_n dawes_n d._n d._n now_o minister_n of_o barton_n in_o westmoreland_n and_o sometime_o fellow_n of_o queen_n college_n in_o oxford_n math_n 23._o 37_o 38._o o_o jerusalem_n jerusalem_n how_o often_o will_v i_o have_v gather_v etc._n etc._n london_n print_a for_o humphrey_n robinson_n at_o the_o three_o pigeon_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n mdcliii_o the_o content_n first_o sermon_n god_n mercy_n and_o jeusalems_n misery_n jeremie_n 5._o 1._o run_v to_o and_o fro_o by_o the_o street_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o behold_v now_o and_o know_v and_o inquire_v to_o the_o open_a place_n thereof_o if_o you_o find_v a_o man_n or_o if_o there_o be_v any_o that_o execute_v judgement_n and_o seek_v the_o truth_n and_o i_o will_v spare_v it_o pag._n 1._o second_o sermon_n matth._n 26._o 15._o what_o will_v you_o give_v i_o and_o i_o will_v deliver_v he_o unto_o you_o pag._n 53._o three_o sermon_n matth._n 27._o 3_o 4._o then_o judas_n which_o betray_v he_o see_v that_o he_o be_v condemn_v repent_v himself_o and_o bring_v again_o the_o thirty_o piece_n of_o silver_n to_o the_o chief_a priest_n and_o elder_n say_v i_o have_v sin_v betray_v the_o innocent_a blood_n but_o they_o say_v what_o be_v that_o to_o we_o see_v thou_o to_o that_o and_o when_o he_o have_v cast_v down_o the_o silver_n piece_n in_o the_o temple_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 89._o four_o sermon_n psal_n 82._o 6_o 7._o i_o have_v say_v you_o be_v god_n but_o you_o shall_v die_v like_o man_n pag._n 105._o five_o sermon_n galat._n 3._o 10._o as_o many_o as_o be_v of_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n be_v under_o the_o curse_n for_o it_o be_v write_v curse_a be_v every_o man_n that_o continue_v not_o in_o all_o thing_n which_o be_v write_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n to_o do_v they_o pag._n 139._o six_o sermon_n preach_v at_o the_o funeral_n of_o dr._n senhouse_n bishop_n of_o carlisle_n job_n 14._o 14._o if_o a_o man_n die_v shall_v he_o live_v again_o 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