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A27157
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An antidote against Arminianisme, or, A plain and brief discourse wherein the state of the question in all the five infamous articles of Arminius is set down, and the orthodox tenets confirmed by cleere scripturall grounds by R.B.K.
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R. B. K.
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1641
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Wing B156; ESTC R31267
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manebunt_fw-la since_o poenitentia_fw-la enim_fw-la sunt_fw-la donian_n &_o vocatio_fw-la dei_fw-la pro_fw-la his_o interpollante_a christo_fw-la ne_fw-la dâ—ficiat_a fides_fw-la corum_fw-la sine_fw-la dubio_fw-la non_fw-la deficiet_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la persâ—â—erabit_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la nec_fw-la nisi_fw-la maâ—â—ntem_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la huius_fw-la inveniet_fw-la sinis_fw-la majâ—r_v quip_n libertas_fw-la necessaria_fw-la adversus_fw-la tot_fw-la &_o tantas_fw-la tentationes_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o paradiso_n non_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la do_v perseverantiae_fw-la munita_fw-la atque_fw-la fiâ—_n mata_fw-gr ut_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la amoribus_fw-la terroribus_fw-la error_n bus_fw-la suis_fw-la vincatur_fw-la hic_fw-la mundus_fw-la qâ—o_fw-la sancti_fw-la cuncta_fw-la mâ—â—antia_fw-la cuncta_fw-la invitantia_fw-la cuncta_fw-la â—â—uentia_fw-la separarent_fw-la unto_o the_o first_o man_n who_o in_o that_o good_a estate_n 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