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A15091 A defence of the Way to the true Church against A.D. his reply Wherein the motives leading to papistry, and questions, touching the rule of faith, the authoritie of the Church, the succession of the truth, and the beginning of Romish innouations: are handled and fully disputed. By Iohn White Doctor of Diuinity, sometime of Gunwell and Caius Coll. in Cambridge. White, John, 1570-1615. 1614 (1614) STC 25390; ESTC S119892 556,046 600

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man_n will_n be_v the_o constant_a judgement_n of_o the_o most_o of_o our_o adversary_n i_o will_v not_o ground_v this_o authority_n upon_o the_o scripture_n or_o 358._o or_o see_v his_o last_n chap._n de_fw-fr praedest_fw-la &_o great_a ambrose_n catharinus_n uchementer_fw-la in_o eos_fw-la invohitur_fw-la qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la deum_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la aliquos_fw-la reprobare_fw-la &_o excludere_fw-la à_fw-la vita_fw-la aeterna_fw-la non_fw-la quidem_fw-la propter_fw-la eorum_fw-la praevisa_fw-la mala_fw-la opera_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la ipse_fw-la vult_fw-la non_fw-la dare_v illis_fw-la vitam_fw-la eternam_fw-la et_fw-la hanc_fw-la opinionem_fw-la vocat_fw-la ipse_fw-la durissimam_fw-la &_o intolerabilem_fw-la &_o causam_fw-la desperationis_fw-la hominum_fw-la &_o impiam_fw-la eamque_fw-la assignat_fw-la ipse_fw-la luthero_n cumea_n tamen_fw-la sit_fw-la ipsissima_fw-la b._n augustini_n sententia_fw-la peter_n select_v disp_n in_o rom._n 9_o n._n 31._o and_o that_o the_o judgement_n of_o s._n austin_n be_v that_o neither_o election_n nor_o reprobation_n be_v for_o work_n foresee_v be_v affirm_v by_o grego_n arimin_n d._n 40._o dom._n bann_n 1._o p._n q._n 23._o art_n 5._o sixt._n senens_fw-la biblioth_o l._n 6._o annot_fw-mi 251._o tolet._n in_o rom._n 11._o annot_v 4_o suar._n opusc_fw-la de_fw-fr auxil_fw-fr l._n 3._o c._n 16._o &_o 17._o &_o tract_n de_fw-mi divin_v praedest_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 8._o pag._n 179._o zumel_n var._n disp_n part_n 3._o pag._n 358._o s._n austin_n because_o i_o intend_v no_o solemn_a discourse_n about_o the_o question_n and_o have_v to_o do_v with_o a_o adversary_n who_o arrogancy_n 11._o arrogancy_n rom_n 9_o 11._o &_o 11.33_o eph._n 1_o 11._o and_o ignorance_n be_v fit_a to_o be_v buffet_v with_o the_o authority_n of_o his_o own_o side_n but_o i_o will_v make_v it_o appear_v that_o go_v about_o to_o confute_v caluine_n and_o expound_v his_o antecedent_n will_v he_o be_v fall_v into_o that_o gross_a opinion_n about_o 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