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THE
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SAINT S’ DUTY
I N
I EVIL TIMES:
IN TWO
SERMONS
Pleached from Ifa. xxvi. 20.
!By Mr. Jam es Renwick, Minifler of the
Cofpel, who fullered in the Grafs Market
of Edinburgh, upon the 17th day of Fe¬
bruary, 1688.
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Prov. xviii. 10. ’The name of the Lord is a Jlrong
to-wer: the righteous runneth into it, and are faff.
Pfal. xlvi. 1. God is our refuge and Jlrength, a
very prefent help in trouble.
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G L A S G O
Printed and fold by J. & M. ROBERTSON.
MDCCLXXXVII.

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Saints' duty in evil times
DescriptionIn two sermons by Mr. James Renwick, who suffered in the Grass-Market of Edinburgh, upon the 17th day of February, 1688. Edinburgh : printed and sold in Morison's Close, 1771.
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