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The Heads of what is here Collected.

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Ser mon Preach't before K. James at Hampton-Court in
September 1624. on Philip. 3. 18, 19.

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2 Chriftian Liberty laid forth,in a Sermen at White Hall, 1628. on Gall, 5. 1.

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Divine Light and Reflections, in a Sermon at white-Hall on whatfunday 1640. en 1 John 1. 5.

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4 A Sermon Preach'r at the Cathedral of Exceter upon the Pacification betwixt the two Kingdomes, Septemb.7. 1641. on Pfalm. 46.8.

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5 The Mifchief of Faction and the Remedy of it, a Sermon at white-Hall on the fecond Sunday in Lent, 1641. on Pfal. 60. 1.

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6A Sermon Preacht at the Tower, March 20, 1641. on James 4.1.

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A Sermon Preach't on whitfunday, June 9. 1644. in Norwich, on Ephef. 4. 30.

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81A Second Sermon, in prosecution of the fame Text in Norwich, July 21. 1644.

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A Sermon on Eafter-day at Higham, 1648.1.7.185 A Sermen Preacht on whitfunday, at Higham, 1652., on Rom. 8. 14. 1)

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// The Mourner in Sion, on Ecclefiaftes 3.4.
12A Sermon Preacht at Higham, July 1, 1655. On 1 Pet. 1. 17.

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13 The Womens Vail, or a Difcourfe concerning the neceffity or expedience of the Close-covering of the Heads of Women.or.id

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14 Holy Decency in the Worship of God. 15 Good Security, a difcourfe, of the Chriftians Affurance. 2612 PetT.10 16A plain and familiar explication of Chrifts prefence in the Sacrament of his Body and Blood.

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17 A Letter for the Obfervation of the Feaft of Chrifts Nativi

ty.

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A Letter

18 A Letter to Mr. William Struthers one of the Preachers of

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21 Epiftola D. Herman. Hildebrando, S. T.D.

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22 Reverendiffimo Marco Antonio de Dom. Archiep. Spalatenfi Èpiftola difceffus fui ad Romam diffuafiva,

23 A Modeft Offer.

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24 Certain irrefragable Propofitions, worthy of ferious Confide

ration.

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25 The way of peace in the five bufie Articles commonly known by the name of Arminin

26 A Letter concerning the falling away from Grace.. 27 A Letter concerning Religion.

28 Refolutions for Religion.

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29 A Letter concerning the frequent injection of Temptati

ons.

30 A confolatory Letter to one under Censure.

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A short answer to the Nine Arguments, which are brought against the Bishops fitting in Parliament.

32 For Epifcopacy and Liturgie.

Afpeech in Parliament.

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34 Afpeech in Parliament in defence of the Canons made in Convocation.

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36 Alpeech in Parliament concerning the power of Bishops in

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OBSERVATIONS

Of fome Specialties of DIVINE PROVIDENCE

In the Life of

JOS HALL

BISHOP of NORWICH.

Written with his own Hand.

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Ot out of a vain affectation of my own Glory, which I know how little it can avail me, when I am gone hence; but out of a fincere defire to give glory to my God, (whofe wonderful Providence I have noted in all my wayes) have I recorded fome remarkable paffages of my fore-paft life: what I have done is worthy of no

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thing, but filence and forgetfulness; but what God hath done for me, is worthy of everlafting and thankfull Memory.

I was born Julii 1. 1574. at five of the clock in the Morning, in Bristow-Park, within the Parish of Afbby de la Zouch, a Town in Leicester-fbire, of honeft and well allowed Parentage: my Father was an Officer under that truly Honourable and Religious, Henry Earl of Huntingdon, Prefident of the North, and under him had the Government of that MarketTown, wherein the chief Seat of that Earldome is placed; My Mother Winifride, of the House of the Bambridges, was a woman of that rare San&ity, that

were it not for my Intereft in Nature,) I durft fay, that neither Aleth, the mother of that juft Honour of Clareval; nor Monica, nor any other of those pious Matrons, antiently famous for Devotion, need to difdain her admittance to comparison; She was continually exercised with the affliction of a weak Body, and oft of a wounded Spirit, the Agonies whereof, as fhe would oft recount with much paffion; profeffing that the greatest bodily fickneffes were but Flea-bites to thofe Scorpions, fo from them all, at laft she found an happyand comfortable deliverance,and that not without a more then ordinary hand of God; For on a time being in great diftrefs of Confcience,fhe thought in her Dream, there ftood by her a grave Perfonage, in the Gown, and other Habits of a Phyfitian, who enquiring of her eftate, and receiving a fad and que.

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