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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04540	A Christian plea conteyning three treatises. I. The first, touching the Anabaptists, & others mainteyning some like errours with them. II. The second, touching such Christians, as now are here, commonly called Remonstrants or Arminians. III. The third, touching the Reformed Churches, with vvhom my self agree in the faith of the Gospel of our Lord Iesus Christ. Made by Francis Iohnson, pastour of the auncient English Church, now sojourning at Amsterdam in the Low Countreyes.	Johnson, Francis, 1562-1618.	1617 (1617)	STC 14661; ESTC S107828	395,581	331

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8_o 16_o 17._o 2_o chron._n 14_o 11._o and_o 20_o 5_o 13._o ezra_n 6_o 10._o and_o 8.21_o 22_o 23._o and_o 9_o 5_o 15._o neh._n 1_o 4_o 11._o and_o 4_o 9_o ester_n 4_o 16._o job_n 42_o 8_o 10._o psa_fw-la 5_o 2_o 3._o &_o 6_o &_o 17_o and_o 22_o and_o 28_o 6._o and_o 32_o 6._o and_o 41_o 4_o and_o 50_o 14_o 25._o and_o 55_o 16_o 17._o and_o 66_o 17_o 20._o and_o 86_o and_o 88_o and_o 102_o and_o 107_o and_o 109_o 4._o and_o 116_o 1_o 2_o 4._o and_o 118_o 5._o and_o 142._o prov._n 30_o 7_o 8_o 9_o eccles_n 5_o 1_o 2._o esa_n 38_o 2_o 3._o and_o 64._o jer._n 7_o 16._o and_o 14_o 7_o 8_o 9_o 11._o &_o 18_o 1●_n 23._o and_o 29_o 7._o and_o 32_o 16_o 25._o ezech._n 9_o 8._o and_o 11_o 13._o dan._n 2_o 17_o 23._o and_o 6_o 10_o 11._o and_o 9_o 3_o 19_o hos_fw-la 14_o 2_o 3._o joel_n 2_o 17._o amos_n 7_o 2_o 5._o jon._n 2_o ch_n &_o 4_o 2_o 3._o hab._n 3_o ch_n mal._n 1_o 8_o 11._o mat._n 14_o 23_o 30._o and_o 26_o 36_o 44._o mar._n 13_o 18_o 33._o luke_n 6_o 12.28_o and_z 11_o 1_o 13._o 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to_o church_n and_o people_n of_o all_o sort_n public_a and_o private_a which_o none_o can_v conceive_v much_o less_o express_v the_o manifold_a and_o unspeakable_a particular_n thereof_o viii_o if_o book-prayer_n be_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n why_o do_v not_o the_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n make_v such_o book_n of_o prayer_n &_o leave_v they_o to_o the_o church_n as_o they_o do_v their_o other_o write_n for_o continual_a use_n public_a and_o private_a or_o shall_v we_o think_v that_o they_o be_v unfaithful_a to_o the_o lord_n 〈◊〉_d unsufficient_a for_o this_o work_n if_o it_o have_v be_v commit_v unto_o they_o or_o that_o those_o which_o make_v or_o prescribe_v such_o book_n be_v more_o wise_a more_o careful_a more_o sufficient_a than_o they_o be_v moses_n say_v you_o shall_v not_o add_v unto_o the_o word_n which_o i_o command_v you_o neither_o shall_v you_o diminish_v aught_o from_o it_o that_o you_o may_v keep_v the_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n your_o god_n which_o i_o 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