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A17499 The embassador between heauen and earth, betweene God and man. Or A booke of heauenly and healthy meditations and prayers for earthly and sickly soules and sinners Fit to be borne in the hand, and worne in the heart of euery good Christian. By W.C. preacher of the word. Crashaw, William, 1572-1626. 1613 (1613) STC 4316; ESTC S118212 87,812 404

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thanksgiving_n before_o meat_n 40_o a_o thanksgiving_n after_o meat_n 41_o two_o other_o for_o the_o same_o 42_o certain_a rule_n and_o precept_n for_o the_o good_a order_n and_o government_n of_o a_o man_n life_n 43_o certain_a sentence_n or_o rule_n of_o good_a life_n &_o pertinent_a to_o the_o precept_n go_v before_o they_o 44_o the_o derivation_n of_o man_n 45_o admonition_n against_o sin_n 46_o zacheus_n certain_a gain_n the_o world_n imagine_a loss_n 47_o the_o five_o thought_n of_o a_o christian_a 48_o four_o kind_n of_o man_n according_a to_o david_n that_o be_v most_o indebt_v unto_o god_n for_o their_o life_n 49_o a_o prayer_n for_o constancy_n and_o grace_n against_o all_o worldly_a vanity_n and_o allurement_n 50_o a_o short_a memorative_n of_o the_o mortality_n of_o our_o life_n and_o
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