The vvonders of the load-stone. Or, The load-stone newly reduc't into a divine and morall vse. By Samuel Ward, of Ipswich. B.D.

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The vvonders of the load-stone. Or, The load-stone newly reduc't into a divine and morall vse. By Samuel Ward, of Ipswich. B.D.
Author
Ward, Samuel, 1572-1643.
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London :: Printed by E[lizabeth] P[urslowe] for Peter Cole, and are to be sold at his shop, at the signe of the glove and Lyon in Cornehill, over against the Conduit,
1640.
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Magnetism -- Early works to 1800.
Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
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"The vvonders of the load-stone. Or, The load-stone newly reduc't into a divine and morall vse. By Samuel Ward, of Ipswich. B.D." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A14727.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.

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Chap. 28. As the Poles of the Load∣stone have their strength in divers regions, so good and bad men have their regiment or rule in divers ages.

THere is as much dif∣ference betweene the Poles of the Load∣stone, as is between the right hand and the left; for they have a different power in different regi∣ons of the earth: In te Northerne parts of he world, there is a mani∣fest difference of the

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Northerne point; for it lifts up a greater piece of Iron, than the Sou∣therne Pole can doe in the same parts.

In this world the flesh prevailes against the spi∣rit, the body doth here presse downe the soule: The sons of Belial do∣minere in this life, every one hath his place, his government assigned him by God.

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