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medicinalis_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la poenalis_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr pec_fw-la mer._n &_o remis_fw-la c._n 34._o disciplina_fw-la patris_fw-la non_fw-la iâ—a_fw-la judicis_fw-la amor_fw-la corrigentis_fw-la non_fw-la furor_fw-la conterentis_fw-la greg._n m._n rev._n 3.10_o cai._n caesar_n succensen_v ei_fw-la ob_fw-la curam_fw-la verrendis_fw-la viis_fw-la non_fw-la adhibitam_fw-la luto_fw-la jussit_fw-la oppleri_fw-la congesto_fw-la per_fw-la milites_fw-la in_o praetextae_fw-la sinum_fw-la non_fw-la defuerunt_fw-la qui_fw-la interpretarentur_fw-la proculcatam_fw-la quandoque_fw-la rempublicam_fw-la in_o gremium_fw-la ejus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la in_o tutelam_fw-la deventuram_fw-la suet._n vit_fw-fr fl._n vesp_n jam._n 1.2_o matth._n 5.12_o exod._n 3.2_o act_n 7.55_o cant._n 2.2_o psal_n 50.21_o job_n 4.18_o isa_n 5._o lam._n 5._o mat._n 11.17_o joel_n 2.31_o heb._n 11.37_o mat._n 5.44_o act_n 14.5_o joh._n ep_n 3.10_o euseb_n hist_o eccl._n l._n 8._o c._n 1._o successiones_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la qui_fw-la apostolos_fw-la sunt_fw-la secuti_fw-la under_o the_o emperor_n aurelian_a anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 270_o etc._n etc._n res_fw-la nostâ—ae_fw-la nimia_fw-la libertate_fw-la in_o mollitiem_fw-la &_o segnitiem_fw-la degenerarunt_fw-la euseb_n ib._n tanquam_fw-la armis_fw-la &_o telis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d diocletiano_n caes_n aug._n superstitione_n christiana_n ubique_fw-la deleta_fw-la &_o cultu_fw-la deorum_fw-la propagato_fw-la temporum_fw-la atrocitas_fw-la scriptorum_fw-la eloquentiam_fw-la superabat_fw-la tunc_fw-la avidiùs_fw-la martyria_fw-la gloriosis_n mortibus_fw-la quam_fw-la nunc_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la pravis_fw-la affectibus_fw-la quaerebantur_fw-la sulpit._fw-la sever._n eccl._n hist_o de_fw-fr diocl._n per_n euseb_n l._n 7._o c._n 28._o 28._o haeresâ—ôs_n author_n â—b_fw-la antiochena_fw-la &_o ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la quae_fw-la sub_fw-la coelo_fw-la est_fw-la universa_fw-la separatus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o excommunicatus_fw-la ib._n euseb_n mr._n hooker_n defence_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n unanswered_a and_o unanswerable_a hieraspistes_n pag._n 259._o answer_v to_o the_o 5._o cavil_v against_o the_o church_n of_o england_n see_v m._n hooker_n preface_n to_o his_o eccl._n pol._n p._n 19_o see_v bish_n hall_n dr._n hammond_n dr._n taylor_n bochartus_fw-la etc._n etc._n b._n andrews_n to_o p.m._n the_o excellent_a constitution_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n as_o to_o its_o doctrinall_n the_o devotionalls_n of_o the_o ch._n of_o engl._n assert_v rom._n 12.1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ign._n ep_n ad_fw-la magnes_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d just_a m._n apol._n 2._o communis_fw-la oratio_fw-la voce_fw-la diaconi_fw-la indicitur_fw-la aug._n ep_n 119._o ad_fw-la januar._n the_o matter_n of_o the_o english_a liturgy_n 1_o thes_n 5_o 21._o dan._n 5.3_o ezra_n 1.7_o matth._n 6.7_o ephes_n 6.18_o matth._n 6.9_o leu._n 6.13_o ignatius_n ad_fw-la magnes_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n ne_fw-fr forte_fw-fr aliquid_fw-la contra_fw-la fidem_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la ignorantiam_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la minus_fw-la studium_fw-la sit_fw-la compositum_fw-la council_n milevit_fw-la c._n 12._o 12._o liturgi_n ac_fw-la publicas_fw-la uchementer_fw-la probo_fw-la ut_fw-la certius_fw-la constet_fw-la omnium_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la consensus_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la obviam_fw-la eatur_fw-la desultoriae_fw-la quorundum_fw-la levitati_fw-la qui_fw-la novitates_fw-la affectant_fw-la calv._n ep_n ad_fw-la prot._n ang._n ang._n ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la temporibus_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi per_n c._n 13._o vid._n canon_n 103._o cod._n can._n afric_n eccl._n in_o the_o four_o century_n de_fw-fr precibus_fw-la quae_fw-la debent_fw-la fieri_fw-la ad_fw-la altar_n quae_fw-la à _fw-la sapientioribus_fw-la collectiâ—_n sunt_fw-la dicentur_fw-la they_o condemn_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d zonar_n in_o conc._n carthag_n can._n 117._o zâ—ch_o 4.10_o luke_n 18.11_o the_o ceremony_n of_o the_o ch._n of_o england_n no_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o her_o misery_n multa_fw-la toleramus_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la probomus_fw-la aug._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d diony_n alex._n ad_fw-la novat_fw-la ep_n see_v dr._n burges_n his_o book_n of_o the_o ceremony_n and_o what_o k._n james_n declare_v touch_v they_o as_o the_o sense_n of_o this_o church_n isa_n 1.11_o 12_o etc._n etc._n mic._n 6.7_o etc._n etc._n isa_n 58.5_o etc._n etc._n mal._n 4.2_o gal._n 5.15_o 1_o cor._n 14.33_o &_o 40._o quod_fw-la neque_fw-la contra_fw-la fidem_fw-la neque_fw-la contra_fw-la bonos_fw-es more_o be_v injungitur_fw-la indisserenter_fw-la est_fw-la habendum_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la eorum_fw-la inter_fw-la quos_fw-la vivitur_fw-la societate_fw-la servandum_fw-la â—st_fw-la aug._n ad_fw-la januar_fw-la ep_n 15._o in_o rebus_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la nihil_fw-la certi_fw-la statuit_fw-la scrip._n divina_fw-la mos_fw-la populi_fw-la dei_fw-la 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haeccine_fw-la pietas_fw-la quam_fw-la jactamus_fw-la haeccine_fw-la charitas_fw-la quam_fw-la debemus_fw-la fratribus_fw-la &_o plebi_fw-la zanc._n de_fw-fr redem_fw-la euseb_n hist_o l._n 6._o â—_o 44._o phil._n 3.6_o caro_fw-la signatur_fw-la ut_fw-la anima_fw-la muniatur_fw-la tert._n de_fw-fr res_fw-la car_fw-fr chrysostome_n speak_v to_o presbyter_n of_o antioch_n tell_v they_o this_o be_v not_o their_o chief_a glory_n and_o crown_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n hom._n 83._o in_o mat._n vid._n hieron_n in_o ezek._n c._n 44._o &_o adv_o pelag._n lib._n 1._o quod_fw-la episcopi_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la in_o administratione_fw-la sacrificiorum_fw-la candida_fw-la veste_fw-la processerint_fw-la processerint_fw-la act_n 1.10_o rev._n 4.4_o &_o 15.6_o 15.6_o mat._n 17.2_o sensi_fw-la saepe_fw-la dolens_fw-la &_o gemens_fw-la multas_fw-la infirmorum_fw-la perturbationes_fw-la fieri_fw-la per_fw-la quorundam_fw-la fratrum_fw-la obstinationem_fw-la vel_fw-la 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