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A45589
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A detection or discovery of a notable fraud committed by R.B., a seminary priest of Rome, upon two of the articles of the Church of England in a booke imprinted in anno 1632, intituled, The judgment of the apostles and of those of the first age in all points of doctrine, questioned betweene the Catholikes and Protestants of England as they are set downe in the nine and thirty articles of their religion : with an appendix concerning Episcopacy / by a lay gentleman.
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Harlowe, Pedaell.
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Wing H780; ESTC R21855
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ministerial_a or_o sacerdotal_a be_v authority_n to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n and_o to_o distribute_v and_o give_v the_o sacrament_n this_o power_n ex_fw-la iure_fw-la divino_fw-la it_o be_v christ_n own_o ordination_n as_o be_v agree_v on_o both_o side_n without_o contradiction_n wherein_o there_o be_v indeed_o a_o parity_n in_o the_o ministry_n in_o so_o much_o as_o such_o ministeriall-act_n do_v by_o a_o inferiour-minister_n or_o priest_n be_v as_o valid_a and_o effectual_a as_o if_o the_o same_o be_v do_v by_o the_o high_a prelate_n in_o the_o church_n second_o the_o office_n or_o power_n mere_o and_o true_o episcopal_a be_v to_o ordain_v and_o to_o admit_v minister_n into_o the_o clergy_n to_o suspend_v or_o punish_v such_o of_o the_o priesthood_n as_o become_v delinquent_a or_o neglect_v their_o cure_n or_o charge_n to_o make_v use_n of_o the_o key_n in_o bind_v and_o loose_v by_o judicial_a sentence_n out_o of_o and_o into_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o church_n both_o clerkis_n 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revenue_n and_o so_o other_o good_a emperor_n and_o christian_a king_n