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A37935 The doxology approven, or, The singing glory to the Father, Son and Holy Ghost in the worship of God its lawfulness and expediency proven from the Holy Scriptures, councils and Fathers, and the scruples of the weak thereanent cleared / by Mr. Robert Edward ... Edward, Robert, ca. 1616-1696. 1683 (1683) Wing E187; ESTC R31408 120,446 132

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la in_o symbolo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basilius_n magnus_fw-la lib._n 5._o contra_fw-la eunomium_fw-la cap._n 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d licet_fw-la haeretici_fw-la disrumpant_fw-la seize_v non_fw-la tamen_fw-la disrumpetur_fw-la trinitas_fw-la nazianzenus_n orat._n 40._o quae_fw-la est_fw-la in_o sanctum_fw-la baptisma_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la orat._n 37._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ephiphanius_n haeresi_fw-la 62._o §._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d haec_fw-la eadem_fw-la est_fw-la doctrina_fw-la communiter_fw-la scholasticorum_fw-la alensis_n in_fw-la summa_fw-la theologiae_n parte_fw-la 3._o quest_n 3._o membro_fw-la 1._o articulo_fw-la 3._o aquinas_n 2._o 2._o quest_n 81._o articulo_fw-la 3._o &_o quest_n 84._o articulo_fw-la 1._o et_fw-la franciscus_n à_fw-la sancto_fw-la claro_fw-la in_o expositione_n confessionis_fw-la anglicanae_n orat._n 28._o negate_fw-la unam_fw-la personam_fw-la divinam_fw-la 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