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A43271 A treatise concerning schism and schismaticks wherein the chief grounds & principles of a late separation from the Church of England, are considered and answered / by Henry Hellier ... Hellier, Henry, 1662?-1697. 1697 (1697) Wing H1381; ESTC R20518 24,128 62

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it_o every_o kingdom_n divide_v against_o itself_o be_v bring_v to_o desolation_n and_o a_o house_n divide_v against_o a_o house_n fall_v wherefore_o schism_n lay_v the_o axe_n to_o the_o root_n of_o that_o church_n wherein_o it_o be_v breed_v and_o tend_v to_o the_o utter_a ruin_n and_o subversion_n first_o of_o it_o next_o if_o it_o be_v in_o a_o protestant_a church_n of_o the_o protestant_a religion_n which_o it_o hereby_o lay_v open_a to_o powerful_a adversary_n and_o last_o of_o all_o of_o christianity_n itself_o every_o particular_a schism_n in_o some_o sort_n reach_v the_o universal_a church_n as_o i_o have_v already_o show_v so_o it_o be_v against_o the_o gospel_n and_o against_o christ_n 1._o vide._n gregor_n tholos_n syntag_n jur_fw-fr universi_fw-la lib._n 33._o cap._n 11._o §_o 1._o and_o be_v therefore_o crimen_fw-la laesae_fw-la majestatis_fw-la divinae_fw-la as_o some_o do_v style_v it_o it_o be_v against_o the_o design_n of_o our_o saviour_n come_v into_o the_o world_n 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