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Page 13
... greater Blas- phemy , to personate God , and bring him in say- ing ; I will descend , and be like the Prince of Darknesse ; And what is it better , to make the cause of Religion , to descend , to the cruell and execrable Actions , of ...
... greater Blas- phemy , to personate God , and bring him in say- ing ; I will descend , and be like the Prince of Darknesse ; And what is it better , to make the cause of Religion , to descend , to the cruell and execrable Actions , of ...
Page 17
... greater Benediction , and the Clearer Revelation of Gods Favour . Yet , even in the old Testa- ment , if you Listen to Davids Harpe , you shall heare as many Herselike Ayres , as Carols : And the Pencill of the holy Ghost , hath ...
... greater Benediction , and the Clearer Revelation of Gods Favour . Yet , even in the old Testa- ment , if you Listen to Davids Harpe , you shall heare as many Herselike Ayres , as Carols : And the Pencill of the holy Ghost , hath ...
Page 39
... greater Paines ; And it is some- times base ; And by Indignities , Men come to Dignities . The standing is slippery , and the Regresse , is either a downefall , or at least an Eclipse , which is a Melancholy Thing . Cùm non sis , qui ...
... greater Paines ; And it is some- times base ; And by Indignities , Men come to Dignities . The standing is slippery , and the Regresse , is either a downefall , or at least an Eclipse , which is a Melancholy Thing . Cùm non sis , qui ...
Page 58
... greater then the Feeling . Dolendi Modus , Timendi non item . Besides , in great Oppressions , the same Things , that provoke the Patience , doe withall mate the Courage : But in Feares it is not so . Neither let any Prince , or State ...
... greater then the Feeling . Dolendi Modus , Timendi non item . Besides , in great Oppressions , the same Things , that provoke the Patience , doe withall mate the Courage : But in Feares it is not so . Neither let any Prince , or State ...
Page 59
... greater Number , that live lower , and gather more . Therefore the Multi- plying of Nobilitie , and other Degrees of Qua- litie , in an over Proportion , to the Common People , doth speedily bring a State to Necessitie : And so doth ...
... greater Number , that live lower , and gather more . Therefore the Multi- plying of Nobilitie , and other Degrees of Qua- litie , in an over Proportion , to the Common People , doth speedily bring a State to Necessitie : And so doth ...
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