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A70471 A treatise of the episcopacy, liturgies, and ecclesiastical ceremonies of the primitive times and of the mutations which happened to them in the succeeding ages gathered out of the works of the ancient fathers and doctors of the church / by John Lloyd, B.D., presbyter of the church of North-Mimmes in Hertfordshire. Lloyd, John, Presbyter of the Church of North-Mimmes. 1660 (1660) Wing L2655A; ESTC R21763 79,334 101

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c._n 11._o finis_fw-la errata_fw-la pag._n 4._o line_n penult_n after_o of_o the_o apostle_n add_v before_o our_o saviour_n death_n p._n 10._o mark_fw-mi r._n jubain_n p._n 14._o mark_fw-mi r._n in_o esai_n p._n 15._o l._n 12._o r._n dicit_fw-la l._n 22._o r._n dicit_fw-la ib._n r._n consecratione_fw-la l._n 36._o r._n postea_fw-la p._n 26._o l._n 10._o deal_n of_o exp_v p._n 30._o l._n penult_n r._n say_v l._n 27._o r._n enable_v they_o the._n p_o 32._o l._n 13._o r._n who_o l._n 31._o r._n walafridus_n p._n 39_o l._n 31._o r._n tungrens_n so_o in_o mark_fw-mi pro_fw-la vigrens_fw-la r._n tungrens_n p_o 41._o l._n 27._o r._n within_o ten_o in_fw-it mark_fw-mi r._n natalem_fw-la domini_fw-la toletan_n the_o quotation_n ubi_fw-la multorum_fw-la be_v misplace_v p._n 42._o l._n 9_o 10._o r._n paschal_n wax_v candle_n p._n 46._o over_o against_o l._n 24._o r._n in_o mark_fw-mi greg._n nyssen_n contra_fw-la hunom_fw-la orat._n 16._o p._n 47._o ult_n r._n catechuman_n p._n 51._o in_o 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4._o pag._n 1308._o et_fw-la 1318.1319.1320_o there_o be_v many_o rite_n which_o the_o father_n hold_v to_o be_v apostolical_a which_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o same_o father_n be_v in_o many_o place_n alter_v or_o neglect_v as_o the_o three_o immersion_n in_o baptism_n the_o repair_n of_o neighbour_n bishop_n to_o the_o people_n where_o a_o bishop_n be_v want_v there_o to_o ordain_v one_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o people_n not_o to_o fast_v in_o the_o day_n of_o pentecost_n and_o some_o other_o which_o prove_v that_o according_a to_o the_o judgement_n of_o those_o father_n the_o apostle_n guide_v by_o divine_a inspiration_n make_v some_o decree_v alterable_a and_o which_o be_v upon_o just_a reason_n according_o change_v or_o disuse_v and_o therefore_o if_o it_o be_v prove_v that_o the_o apostle_n by_o divine_a motion_n be_v the_o primary_n author_n of_o episcopacy_n and_o not_o the_o church_n yet_o if_o it_o can_v appear_v to_o be_v a_o constitution_n build_v upon_o 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