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A letter of a French Protestant to a Scotishman of the Covenant VVherein one of their chiefe pretences is removed, which is their conformitie with the French churches in points of discipline and obedience.
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Du Moulin, Peter, 1601-1684.
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not_o acknowledge_v those_o bishop_n and_o the_o reform_a church_n may_v say_v of_o some_o of_o the_o popish_a bishop_n what_o s._n bernard_n be_v say_v of_o those_o of_o his_o time_n diligere_fw-la time_n bern._n in_o regist._n epist_n ad_fw-la maur._n lib._n 4._o epist_n 32._o heu_fw-la heu_fw-la domine_fw-la deus_fw-la ipsi_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o persecutione_n tua_fw-la primi_fw-la qui_fw-la videntur_fw-la in_o ecclesm_n primatum_fw-la diligere_fw-la alas_o alas_o