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A10320 An ansvvere to a sermon preached the 17 of April anno D. 1608, by George Downame Doctour of Divinitie and intituled, A sermon defendinge the honorable function of bishops wherein; all his reasons, brought to prove the honorable function of our L. Bishops, to be of divine institution; are answered and refuted. 1609 (1609) STC 20605; ESTC S115514 39,711 60

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the_o persuasion_n of_o our_o conscience_n &_o both_o to_o be_v recite_v before_o the_o tribunal_n of_o christ_n the_o lord_n grant_v that_o know_v that_o terror_n of_o the_o lord_n we_o so_o persuade_v man_n as_o we_o may_v approve_v ourselves_o to_o god_n &_o the_o conscience_n of_o his_o child_n amen_o finis_fw-la errata_fw-la in_o the_o preface_n p._n 3._o l._n 19_o read_v a_o doctrine_n p_o 4._o in_o mark_fw-mi book_n p._n 11._o l._n 29._o good_a that_o ibid._n l._n 30._o the_o midst_n p._n 12._o l._n 17._o way_n then_o p_o 13_o l._n 15_o that_o we_o p._n 17._o l._n 22._o after_o controversy_n add_v then_o young_a divine_n for_o study_v that_o controversy_n p._n 20._o l._n 19_o if_o he_o p_o 28._o l_o 10._o upon_o any_o other_o occasion_n ibid._n l._n 14._o very_a case_n p._n 29._o l._n 26._o man_n p._n 30._o l._n 2._o deprivation_n degradation_n p._n 31._o l._n 10._o among_o we_o p._n 32_o l._n 22._o angustas_fw-la rimulas_fw-la p._n 36._o l._n 20_o load_v p._n 37._o l._n 9_o 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34_o in_o the_o end_n p._n 72_o l_o 32_o i_o say_v ibid._n 34_o i_o confess_v ib_n l._n 35_o i_o say_v p_o 75_o l._n 12_o m._n d._n give_v p._n 76_o l_o 13_o over_o city_n and_o d._n p._n 78_o l._n 3_o if_o i_o ibid._n l._n 9_o i_o trouble_v ib._n l._n 23_o apostle_n p._n 79_o l._n 1_o i_o may_v ib._n l._n 19_o policy_n ib_a l._n 24_o primitive_a p._n 80_o l._n 3_o towards_o ib._n l._n 33_o therefore_o which_o p_o 86_o 10_o but_o to_o p_o 88_o 16_o strong_o p_o 97_o l._n 32_o be_v 2_o l_o nes_z to_o much_o p._n 106_o l_o 2_o be_v lose_v p_o 111_o l_o 27_o diocesan_n p_o 115_o l._n 22_o not_o to_o the_o ib._n l._n 28_o so_o order_v p_o 117_o l_o 7_o 93_o p_o 119_o l_o 12_o 95_o p_o 124_o l_o 1_o sedulius_n ib_n l_o 2_o episcopus_fw-la ib_fw-la l_o 5_o medina_n ib_n l_o 9_o presbyter_n p_o 125_o l_o ult_n in_o all_o the_o p_o 133_o l_o 19_o more_o cleanly_a p_o 135_o l_o 13_o this_o to_o the_o p_o 146_o 19_o we_o hear_v p._n 14_o 8_o l_o 27_o that_o word_n p_o 149_o l_o 2_o in_o office_n 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