Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10834	A iust and necessarie apologie of certain Christians, no lesse contumeliously then commonly called Brownists or Barrowists. By Mr. Iohn Robinson, pastor of the English Church at Leyden, first published in Latin in his and the churches name over which he was set, after translated into English by himself, and now republished for the speciall and common good of our own countrimen; Apologia justa et necessaria quorundum Christianorum, aeque contumeliose ac communiter, dictorum Brownistarum sive Barrowistarum. English	Robinson, John, 1575?-1625.	1625 (1625)	STC 21108; ESTC S102955	59,722	74

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1._o epist._n 4._o ver_fw-la 15._o gal._n 1_o 1._o calvin_n in_o act._n 1._o act._n 6._o act._n 14._o 1_o tim._n 3._o tit._n 1._o act_n 15._o see_v whit_n k._n of_o the_o author_n of_o ii_o 〈◊〉_d lib._n 1_o ch_z 5._o sect_n 1._o see_v johan._n wolph_n in_o 2_o long_a c._n 23._o 〈◊〉_d against_o heres_fw-la ●ib_fw-la 3._o theodor._n dial_n 1._o tertull._n against_o hermog_n mat._n 28_o 20._o ●_o cor._n 14_o 37_o ch_z 4._o 1._o a_o cor._n 5_o 5._o ●_o tim._n 3._o 2_o cor._n 4_o 5._o 1_o tim._n 4_o 16_o ch_n 5_o 17_o 18._o cypr._n epist._n 4_o li._n 4_o 1._o math._n 18._o 1_o corinth_n 5._o chrisost._n in_o epist._n to_o tit_n see_v bodin_n of_o commonu●_n book_n 1._o chap._n last_o 1_o cor._n 12._o 28_o 1_o tim._n 5_o 17_o heb._n 13_o 17._o act._n 20_o 18._o 1_o cor._n 14_o 34_o 35._o 1_o tim._n 2_o 12._o exod._n 31_o 13_o exod._n 20._o 〈◊〉_d 3_o 16_o ●_o k●ch●m_n cu●s_n phyl_v d●●p_n 28_o c._n 6._o g●n_n 1_o 27._o &_o 2_o 22._o chem._n exam_n part_n 2_o of_o mar_v bu●anu●_n in_o commo●_n 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47_o &_o 〈◊〉_d 4_o 15_o 16._o ad._n 8_o 4_o n●th_n 11_o 19_o 20._o 21._o &_o ch_z 13._o 14_o 15_o 16_o &_o ch_n 18_o 24_o 25_o 26_o &_o ●_o in._n 18_o 18._o mat._n 23._o 34._o 1_o cor._n 1_o 20._o 〈…〉_z 1_o cor_fw-la 14_o 〈…〉_z p._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d on_o 1_o cor._n 14_o 31._o ●ph_n 2_o 20._o ch_n 3_o 4._o 5._o fool_z 15_o 21._o judg._n 5_o 1._o ●_o kin._n 22_o 14_o 〈◊〉_d 2_o 36._o apoc._n 2_o 20._o 1_o pet._n 4_o 10_o 11._o 1_o this._n 5_o 9_o 2d_o 1_o tim._n 1_o 3._o 1_o joh._n 4._o 1._o apo._n 2_o 2_o 7._o with_o c._n 1_o 11._o see_v 〈◊〉_d acent_fw-la ●ra●ag_n ●ath_n pag._n 168_o 169._o juke_v 2_o 40._o &_o 4_o 21_o 2d_o act._n 17_o 2._o &_o 18_o 24_o 26_o 28._o 1_o cor_fw-la 14_o 35_o 〈…〉_z l._n 6_o c._n 12_o 3●_n 1_o cor._n 14_o 4_o 24_o 25._o act._n 20_o 28._o 〈◊〉_d against_o tu●●_n s●●h_o pa._n 67_o 68_o 〈◊〉_d mart._n in_o 1_o 〈◊〉_d 14_o 29._o 〈…〉_z 2_o 15._o pet._n mart_n 〈◊〉_d 2_o 〈◊〉_d 10_o 27._o joh._n wolph_n ●n_v 2_o king_n 17_o 19_o and_o 19_o 6._o math._n 15_o 9_o izec_n 44._o 11_o ma●_n 20._o 2d_o 2_o cor._n 4_o 5._o 1_o pet._n 1_o 3._o august_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o god_n l._n 19_o b●r●t_fw-la of_o caus._n 〈◊〉_d 2._o 〈◊〉_d contr_n 3._o l._n 5_o c._n 7_o 〈…〉_z c._n 18._o 〈…〉_z on_o 2_o 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d ●p_v of_o ch●●_n to_o ●citus_fw-la ●_o 35._o r●n_n 13_o 4._o rom._n 10_o 10_o he●●_n 5._o 4._o rome_n 1_o 7._o 1_o cor._n 1_o 2._o 2_o cor._n 1_o 1._o calvin_n in_o 1_o conn_n c._n 5._o idem_fw-la in_o rom._n 2_o 24._o revel_v 4._o 8._o tit._n 1_o 16._o 1_o cor._n 5._o 1_o joh._n 1_o 6._o joh._n 8._o 40._o psa._n 101_o 7._o psal._n 93_o 5._o 1_o corin._n 5_o 11_o 12._o park_n eccles_n pol_fw-la 3_o 35._o and_o hier._n general_o gen._n 41._o 2_o thes._n 2_o 4._o 1_o chran_n 29_o 11_o 12_o 13_o 19_o 1_o cor._n 5_o 4._o ch_n 12_o 5_o 28._o rom._n 14_o 14_o theodoret._n dial._n 1_o colos._n 2_o 5._o rom._n 11_o 16._o gen._n 17._o 7._o exod_n 10._o 6._o l●u._n ●0_n 25._o act._n 10_o 35._o 1_o cor_fw-la 5_o 10._o act._n 2_o 42._o 〈…〉_z 19_o ●●_o 25._o gen._n 14._o 〈…〉_z 〈◊〉_d 7_o 15_o num._n 1●_n 13._o 〈…〉_z 15._o 12_o 1●_n see_v rev._n 2_o 5._o and_o 3_o 16._o &_o ●●thall_o par●u●_n on_o 1_o cor._n 7_o 11._o vers_fw-la 28_o 29_o 30_o 31._o se●_n s●ee_n of_o ch_z di●cip_n 2_o part_n m●th_v 2._o p._n 24_o 27_o 25_o 28._o calvin_n in_o math._n 22_o 9_o m._n bright_a on_o rev_n ch_n vers_n 26._o ter●u●_n pre●er_v 〈◊〉_d heret_fw-la austin_n against_o maxim_n 3_o 14._o james_n 2_o 1._o