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A54202 Reason against railing, and truth against fiction being an answer to those two late pamphlets intituled A dialogue between a Christian and a Quaker, and the Continuation of the dialogue &c. by one Thomas Hicks, an Anabaptist teacher : by W. Penn. Penn, William, 1644-1718. 1673 (1673) Wing P1351; ESTC R25209 131,073 243

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gal._n 6._o rev._n 22._o rom._n 8._o p._n 51._o contin_n ezek._n 18.20_o 26_o 27_o 28._o 28._o as_o whole_o without_o we_o it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o a_o righteousness_n wrought_v by_o christ_n power_n within_o when_o i_o speak_v of_o be_v justify_v that_o be_v make_v just_a by_o it_o rom._n 5.19_o rom._n 2_o 3_o 4_o 5._o chap._n 2._o cor._n 5.19_o act_n 3.38_o contin_n p._n 52._o sand._n found_n shake_v p._n 26._o 26._o he_o be_v our_o example_n in_o holiness_n though_o not_o in_o his_o end_v type_n &_o shadow_n contin_n p._n 52._o sand._n found_n shake_v p_o 30._o 30._o god_n love_n be_v not_o exclude_v nor_o his_o power_n that_o so_o work_v in_o abraham_n heart_n heart_n that_o be_v within_o they_o as_o to_o qualification_n ibid._n p._n 52.53_o dialog_n p._n 38._o contin_n p._n 53._o contin_n p._n 53._o 53._o justification_n not_o as_o remission_n but_o as_o make_v just_o contin_n p._n 54._o isa_n 45.24_o 25._o 1_o cor._n 1.30_o 31._o cont._n pag._n 59_o micah_n 7.18_o 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