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one_o worship_n that_o same_o only_a and_o true_a god_n and_o that_o same_o jesus_n christ_n who_o he_o send_v down_o to_o we_o from_o heaven_n to_o who_o together_o with_o the_o father_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v give_v all_o honour_n and_o glory_n for_o ever_o and_o ever_o amen_n finis_fw-la imprint_v at_o london_n by_o reginalde_a wolf_n anno_fw-la 1562._o tertull._n in_o apologetic_n true_a religion_n be_v always_o slander_v among_o man_n cor._n tacitus_n tertul._n in_o apologetico_fw-la cap._n 7._o c._n plinius_n act._n 26._o epiphanius_n martion_n ex_fw-la tertull._n aelius_n è_fw-fr lactantio_n euse._n li._n 5_o ca._n 2_o tertul._n 3_o apologetico_fw-la 1.2.3_o &_o 7.8.9_o sueton._n tranquil_a in_o nero._n 1._o timoth._n 4._o slander_n devyse_v by_o papist_n a_o general_a answer_n slander_n that_o tend_v towards_o blasphemye_n must_v be_v confute_v joan._n 8._o act._n 26._o quadratuâ—_n justinus_n molitol_n tertuli_n and_o other_o pius_fw-la the_o four_o why_o this_o apology_n be_v write_v â–ª_o answer_v to_o the_o objection_n of_o heresy_n act._n 24._o tertul._n in_o apologetico_fw-la 2._o timoth._n 3_o 2._o cor._n 10._o 2._o timoth._n 1_o de_fw-fr imitate_v eccle._n cap._n 3._o the_o same_o sentence_n be_v find_v against_o maximum_fw-la bishop_n of_o the_o arrian_n lib._n three_o ca._n xiiii_o upon_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o agge_n act._n 24._o the_o doctrine_n common_o receive_v in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n of_o god_n of_o christ_n aug._n tract_n 5â—_n in_o joannem_fw-la act._n 3._o aug._n tract_n 3._o in_o joannem_fw-la ad_fw-la dardanun_n chen_n li_z 3._o fulgentius_n ad_fw-la regem_fw-la trasimundum_n of_o the_o holy_a ghooste_n of_o the_o churhe_n christ_n have_v no_o universal_a depute_v de_fw-fr simplicitate_fw-la praelatorum_fw-la ad_fw-la euagrium_n de_fw-fr simplicitate_fw-la praelatorun_n 1._o tim._n 3._o gregor_n in_o regist._n li._n 7._o epist._n 69._o cap._n 47._o gregor_n lib._n 4_o epist._n 76.78_o 80._o &_o lib._n 7._o epist._n 95._o the_o call_n of_o minister_n the_o authority_n of_o minister_n the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n 2_o timoth._n 3_o de_fw-fr penitent_a do_v 1._o ca._n verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la luc._n 11._o mat._n 23._o mat._n 16._o matrimony_n of_o minister_n â–ª_o in_o titum_fw-la primo_fw-la hom_n 11._o theophyl_n ad_fw-la titum_fw-la 10._o eu._n li._n 10._o ca_fw-mi 5._o in_o monodia_fw-la sva_fw-la super_fw-la basilium_fw-la 1._o timoth._n 4._o platina_n in_o vita_fw-la pij_fw-la 2._o of_o the_o canonical_a scripture_n the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o church_n the_o number_n of_o sacrament_n baptism_n the_o lord_n supper_n chrisostom_n ad_fw-la ephes._n ser._n 3._o cap._n 1._o de_fw-fr cons._n do_v 1._o cap._n omnes_fw-la dist._n ca._n secularis_fw-la de_fw-fr consecra_fw-la do_v 2._o ca._n peracta_fw-la both_o kynde_n appertain_v to_o the_o people_n de_fw-fr consecra_fw-la dist._n 2._o ca._n come_v perimus_fw-la the_o presence_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o supper_n transubstantiation_n unknowen_a to_o the_o father_n in_o joan._n cap._n 6_o de_fw-fr sacra_fw-la li._n 4._o cap._n 4._o in_o dialogis_fw-la primo_fw-la &_o .2_o in_o sermone_fw-la ad_fw-la infant_n de_fw-fr consecrat_fw-mi dist._n 2._o ca._n qui_fw-la manducant_fw-la in_o mat._n 15._o luc._n 22._o de_fw-fr consecra_fw-la .1_o ca._n quando_fw-la de_fw-fr coeno_fw-la domini_fw-la in_o io._n troth_n 50._o abuse_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n libro_fw-la de_fw-la ceremoniis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la roman_n how_o the_o merit_n of_o christ_n be_v apply_v unto_o us._n ad_fw-la rom._n ca._n 3._o lib._n 3._o purgatorye_n aug._n in_o psa_fw-la 85_o in_o enchiridion_n cap._n 67._o de_fw-fr civet_n dei_fw-la li._n 21._o ca._n 26._o contra_fw-la pelagianos_fw-la lib._n hypognosticon_n 5._o of_o ceremony_n ad_fw-la januarium_fw-la epist_n 119._o prayer_n in_o our_o own_o tongue_n august_n in_o psa._n 18._o of_o intercession_n and_o worshipinge_n of_o saintes_n hier._n 2._o etc._n etc._n 11._o bernardus_n 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