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A10659 Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulnesse of sinne. The life of Christ. Being the substance of severall sermons preached at Lincolns Inne: by Edward Reynoldes, preacher to that honourable society, and late fellow of Merton Colledge in Oxford. Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676. 1631 (1631) STC 20934; ESTC S115807 428,651 573

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three_o treatise_n of_o the_o uanity_n of_o the_o creature_n the_o sinfulness_n of_o sinne._n the_o life_n of_o christ._n be_v the_o substance_n of_o several_a sermon_n preach_v at_o lincoln_n inn_n by_o edward_n reynoldes_n preacher_n to_o that_o honourable_a society_n and_o late_a fellow_n of_o merton_n college_n in_o oxford_n gal._n 2._o 20._o not_o i_o but_o christ_n live_v in_o i_o london_n imprint_v by_o felix_n kyngston_n for_o robert_n bostocke_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v at_o his_o shop_n in_o paul_n churchyard_n at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o king_n head_n 1631._o honoratissimo_fw-la et_fw-la celeberrimo_fw-la doctissimorum_n jurisprudentium_fw-la collegio_fw-la hospitij_fw-la lincolniensis_fw-la magistris_fw-la uenerabilibus_fw-la socijsque_fw-la universis_fw-la auditoribus_fw-la suis_fw-la faventissimis_fw-la edwardus_n reynoldes_n eidem_n hetaeriae_fw-la a_o sacris_fw-la concionibus_fw-la tres_fw-la hosce_fw-la tractatus_fw-la de_fw-fr rerum_fw-la secularium_fw-la 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they_o 55_o 3._o convert_v they_o to_o holy_a use_n 58_o great_a disproportion_n between_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o creature_n it_o be_v vexation_n of_o spirit_n 59_o caresare_n thorn_n because_o first_o they_o wound_v the_o spirit_n second_o they_o choke_v and_o overgrow_v the_o heart_n three_o they_o deceive_v four_a they_o vanish_v 59_o degree_n of_o this_o vexation_n 1._o in_o the_o procure_n of_o they_o 62_o 2._o in_o the_o multiply_a of_o they_o 64_o 3._o in_o the_o use_n of_o they_o discover_v 67_o 1._o in_o knowledge_n natural_a and_o civil_a 68_o 2._o in_o pleasure_n 70_o 3._o in_o riches_n 72_o 4._o in_o the_o review_n of_o they_o 74_o 5._o in_o the_o dispose_n of_o they_o 75_o the_o ground_n of_o this_o vexation_n 1._o god_n curse_n 76_o 2._o the_o corruption_n of_o nature_n 78_o 3._o the_o deceitfulness_n of_o the_o creature_n 80_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o labour_n and_o pray_v for_o the_o creature_n though_o it_o vex_v the_o spirit_n 84_o we_o shall_v be_v humble_v in_o 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