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traité_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr vraie_n parole_fw-fr de_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr à _fw-fr pariâ—…_n 1671._o c._n 7._o p._n 47._o c._n 8._o p._n 62._o c._n 9_o p._n 71._o c._n 10._o p._n 87._o seepartic_a p._n 82._o 87._o 88_o 88_o p._n 380._o par_fw-fr des_fw-fr raisin_n invincibles_fw-fr invincibles_fw-fr request_v to_o pâ—…ot_n p._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v p._n jiâ—…_n four_o letter_n p._n 129_o 130_o 131._o 131._o socin_n solut_a scrup._n vol_n 1._o p._n 332._o 332._o biblioth_n anti-trin_a p._n 2._o &_o bzovius_fw-la a._n 1542._o 1542._o ibid._n p._n 64._o 64._o hist._n refor_o polon_n p._n 38._o 38._o bibl._n anti-trin_a p._n 18._o &_o h._n ref._n pol._n p._n 38._o 38._o excerpta_fw-la ms._n è_fw-la lib._n annal._n polon_n p._n 1._o 1._o ms._n ep._n of_o english_a unitarianâ—…_n to_o ameth_n ben_n ameth_n amb._n of_o fez_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bibl._n anti-trin_a p._n 149._o conditiones_n unionis_fw-la christianorumcum_fw-la catholico-rom_n in_o poloniâ_fw-la poloniâ_fw-la maimb_n hist._n the_o l'arianisme_n liv._o douz_n p._n 360._o 360._o ms._n in_o praef._n p._n 1._o dialogue_n between_o a_o new_a cath._n convert_v and_o a_o prot._n prot._n aâ—…on_n ap_fw-mi eus._n eccl._n h._n e._n l._n 5._o c._n ult_n p._n 195._o 195._o soc._n de_fw-fr eccles_n op._n voâ—…_n 1._o p._n 323._o 323._o socin_n resp._n ad_fw-la vaâ—…m_fw-la p._n â—…18_n â—…18_n crell_n praes_n ad_fw-la lect._n lib._n the_o satisfact_n p._n 4_o 5._o 5._o hieron_n moscorov_n in_o râ—…_n append._n mart._n sâ—…glecii_n p._n 19_o 19_o râ—…v_n 1611._o 1611._o lubien_fw-fr first_o ref._n poâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d 1._o c._n 2._o p_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8._o 8._o cingal_n script_n s._n â—…rin_o reâ—…trix_fw-la p._n 30._o 30._o bidâ—…e's_n apostol_n opin_n conc_fw-fr the_o holy_a trin._n revive_v and_o afforâ—…d_v lond._n 1653._o 1653._o protestant_n pacifique_a part_v 2._o p._n 25._o 25._o tp._n oâ—…_n sâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d v._o sand._n 〈◊〉_d 1._o sâ—…_n 4_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 156â—…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v petau._n 〈◊〉_d c_o 5_o sect._n 7._o the_o 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n &_o ap_fw-mi sand._n nâ—…l_o h._n e._n 12._o l._n 1._o p._n 217_o 218._o l._n 2._o p._n 30._o &_o ap_fw-mi cingal_n p._n 35_o 36_o &_o p._n 31._o quomodo_fw-la enim_fw-la illud_fw-la queat_fw-la esse_fw-la ex_fw-la trad._n apostol_n quâ—…d_fw-la deâ—…um_fw-la quarto_fw-la 〈◊〉_d patefact_n &_o constitut_o ait_fw-fr dionysius_n petavius_n see_v sand._n in_o ind._n h._n lit._n p._n petavius_n probat_fw-la omnes_fw-la patres_fw-la ante_fw-la conc._n nic._n eadem_fw-la cum_fw-la aâ—…io_fw-la ante_fw-la docâ—…isse_fw-la docâ—…isse_fw-la desense_n des_fw-fr sâ—…ntimens_n p_o 〈◊〉_d aâ—…es_fw-fr le_fw-fr p._n peâ—…u_n jesuit_n jesuit_n cingall_n p._n 35_o 36._o 36._o p._n 16._o p._n 66_o 67._o ex_fw-la huet_n origen_n origen_n d._n g._n bull._n def._n fid._n nâ—…c_n nâ—…c_n defense_n des_fw-fr sentiment_n etc._n etc._n p._n 78_o etc._n etc._n see_v here_o p._n 9_o 1â—…_n 54_o 58._o 58._o in_o chill_n pref_o sect._n 9_o p._n 6._o 17_o 18._o p._n 9_o 10_o 11._o 11._o chill_n pref._n to_o the_o author_n of_o charity_n maintain_v sect._n 16_o 16_o hist._n res._n polon_n l._n 1._o c._n 1_o p._n 7._o 7._o slicht_v adv_o meisn._n de_fw-fr ss_z trin._n p._n 67._o smalc_n cont._n frans._n disp._n 4._o 4._o ostor._n c._n 4._o instit._n instit._n ern._n sonn_v demonstr_n theol._n &_o philos._n p._n 36._o 36._o disc._n of_o infallib_n in_o religion_n p._n 200._o p._n 20â—…_n 20â—…_n resp._n ad_fw-la vujek_n p._n 618._o 618._o socin_n ibid._n in_o illorum_fw-la gratiam_fw-la qui_fw-la istorum_fw-la patrum_fw-la authoritate_fw-la plus_fw-la quam_fw-la deceat_fw-la moventur_fw-la moventur_fw-la soc._n ibid._n p._n 618._o col._n 1._o neque_fw-la enim_fw-la arbitror_fw-la ex_fw-la script_n nostr_n hom_n ostendetur_fw-la unquam_fw-la eos_fw-la afferere_fw-la aut_fw-la exstimare_fw-la scriptores_fw-la ante_fw-la conc._n nic._n qui_fw-la hodiè_fw-la extant_a nostrae_fw-la sententiae_fw-la fuisse_fw-la etc._n etc._n nisi_fw-la nostrae_fw-la