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A64936 Sure and honest means for the conversion of all hereticks and wholesome advice and expedients for the reformation of the church / writ by one of the communion of the Church of Rome and translated from the French, printed at Colgn, 1682 ; with a preface by a divine of the Church of England. Vigne.; Wake, William, 1657-1737. 1688 (1688) Wing V379 124,886 138

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a._n b._n of_o tholouse_n see_v le_fw-fr jansonist_n convainca_fw-la de_fw-fr vain_a sophistiquerie_n pag._n 91._o he_o be_v therefore_o to_o be_v excuse_v if_o he_o sometime_o speak_v against_o we_o the_o design_n of_o his_o undertake_n the_o conversion_n of_o all_o heretic_n the_o method_n he_o have_v take_v the_o most_o likely_a to_o do_v this_o 2_o cor._n four_o 4·_fw-la luke_n i._n 79._o the_o sum_n of_o his_o project_n no_o likelihood_n that_o the_o papist_n will_v ever_o consent_v to_o it_o what_o use_v we_o be_v to_o make_v of_o it_o ephes._n four_o 14._o judas_n 3_o 2_o pet._n three_o 18._o 18._o aeneas_n silu._n in_o gest._n conc._n basil._n basil._n ●otus_fw-la orbis_n se_fw-la arianum_n esse_fw-la miratus_fw-la est_fw-la hieron_n hieron_n origen_n in_o mar._n chap._n 16._o tract_n 1._o 1._o cypri_n de_fw-fr simplicitate_fw-la praelat_fw-la praelat_fw-la ambr._n in_o epist._n ad_fw-la eph._n cap._n 2._o 2._o ambr._n in_o psal._n 32._o 32._o hieron_n in_o psal._n 40._o 40._o idem_fw-la in_o mat._n 8._o 8._o august_n in_o johan_n tract_n 124._o 124._o august_n de_fw-fr verbo_fw-la dom._n serm._n 60._o 60._o chrysost._n in_o matth._n 16._o 16._o chrysost._n in_o sermone_fw-la de_fw-fr pentecost_n pentecost_n gregor_n nyss._n lib._n de_fw-la vita_fw-la mosie_n mosie_n sal._n 13._o tom._n 1._o lib._n come_v in_o epist._n pauli_n pauli_n cypr._n de_fw-fr unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la origen_n in_o math._n tract_n 1._o 1._o sy_n hilary_n lib._n 6._o de_fw-la trinitate_fw-la in_o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n there_o be_v a_o epistle_n of_o the_o council_n of_o alexandria_n where_o be_v these_o word_n petrus_n &_o johannes_n &_o aequales_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la hieron_n contra_fw-la jovian_a lib._n 1._o cap._n 14._o 14._o hieron_n in_o mat._n 16._o 16._o august_n in_o joh._n trac_n 118._o id._n in_o epist._n joh._n tract_n 10._o 10._o august_n in_o joan._n tra._n 124._o 124._o idem_fw-la in_o joan._n tract_n the_o 10._o theoph._n in_o mat._n chap._n 16._o 16._o leo_n in_o anniver_n die_v assumptionis_fw-la suae_fw-la ad_fw-la pontif._n sermone_fw-la 3_o 3_o palavicini_n lib_n 4._o c._n 6._o 6._o marsilius_n patau._n p._n 2_o c._n 15._o 15._o hierom_n in_o math._n cap._n 16._o 16._o idem_fw-la in_o esaiam_n cap._n 14._o 14._o st._n amb._n cap._n 4._o lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr cain_n &_o abel_n abel_n august_n in_o johan_n tract_n 124._o 124._o aug._n in_o johan_n tract_n 123._o cap._n 210._o st._n cyril_n in_o joh._n lib._n 12._o cap._n 64._o 64._o cypr._n de_fw-fr unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la st._n aug._n de_fw-fr pastor_n idem_fw-la in_o sermone_fw-la de_fw-fr petro_n &_o paulo_n paulo_n chysost_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la sacerdote_fw-la st._n peter_n the_o 1._o c._n 5._o v._n 1.2.3_o 1.2.3_o conc._n basil_n apud_fw-la aene._n s●_n in_o gestis_fw-la council_n council_n act_n cap._n 8._o v._n 14._o 14._o act_n 11._o v_o 1._o 1._o 1_o corin._n chap._n 11._o v._n 5._o 5._o math._n 28._o v._n 20._o 20._o john_n 20._o v_o 22.23_o 22.23_o gal._n 2._o v._n 9_o gal._n 2._o v._n 7._o 7._o origen_n in_o numeros_fw-la hom._n 3._o 3._o dorot._n tyrensis_fw-la in_o synopsi_fw-la synopsi_fw-la hierom_n in_o matth._n cap._n 23._o lib._n 4._o lyran_n in_o 1_o petri._n petri._n caus._n 84._o q._n 5._o can._n rogamus_fw-la rogamus_fw-la clem_n epis._n 1._o fratti_fw-la domini_fw-la episcopo_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n lib._n 1._o recognitionum_fw-la ubi_fw-la petrus_n petrus_n iren._n apud_fw-la eusebium_fw-la lib._n 5._o cap._n 26_o &_o 27._o 27._o cusan_a lib._n 1._o cap._n 14._o 14._o amb._n de_fw-fr incarnatione_fw-la c._n 14._o 14._o cyprian_n in_o conc._n carth._n sive_fw-la de_fw-la sent._n episcoporum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la cyprian_n lib._n 3._o epist._n 21._o 21._o id._n ep._n 30._o 30._o idem_fw-la de_fw-la aleatoribus_fw-la aleatoribus_fw-la idem_fw-la ad_fw-la puppienum_fw-la ep._n 66._o 66._o idem_fw-la in_o epist._n 55._o 55._o in_o conc._n africano_n art._n 6._o 6._o council_n cicen_n can._n 6._o 6._o cusan_a de_n co●cord_n