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A64561 Echemythia Roman oracles silenced, or, The prime testimonies of antiquity produced by Henry Turbervil in his manual of controversies examined and refuted / by ... Dr. William Thomas ... Thomas, William, 1613-1689. 1691 (1691) Wing T976; ESTC R1204 46,085 76

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have_v more_o numerous_a convert_v in_o england_n than_o austin_n himself_o the_o province_n of_o their_o successful_a doctrine_n more_o enlarge_v as_o for_o the_o specious_a relation_n of_o the_o northern_a pict_n goth_n bavarian_o burgundian_n rally_v as_o convert_v in_o this_o age_n they_o be_v disciple_n of_o antioch_n not_o of_o rome_n they_o embrace_v the_o evangelical_n unblemished_a doctrine_n they_o acknowledge_v no_o papal_a unlimited_a jurisdiction_n not_o challenge_v in_o this_o age_n not_o by_o austin_n the_o monk_n in_o his_o conference_n with_o the_o british_a bishop_n and_o monk_n he_o cajole_v entreat_v a_o conformity_n to_o the_o ritual_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n in_o the_o celebration_n of_o baptism_n in_o the_o observation_n of_o easter_n he_o exact_v no_o submission_n to_o the_o authority_n universal_a supremacy_n of_o that_o church_n this_o be_v reprehend_v brand_v by_o pope_n gregory_n who_o emissary_n he_o be_v by_o pelagius_n before_o he_o in_o the_o same_o 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epist._n 1._o ad_fw-la jacobum_fw-la jacobum_fw-la tertull._n in_o l._n de_fw-fr prescript_n cip_n 32._o iren._n l._n 3._o c._n 3._o †_o euseb._n 〈◊〉_d eccl._n l._n 3._o c._n 13._o 13._o iren._n l._n 3._o c._n 3._o ign._n in_o epist._n ad_fw-la mar._n castobol_n castobol_n bar._n ad_fw-la ann._n inslit_fw-la 69._o sect._n 39_o 39_o opt._n