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therein_o refer_v to_o his_o bishopric_n 227._o testis_fw-la est_fw-la dies_fw-la bodierna_fw-la beati_fw-la petri_n cathedra_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la exposita_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la fidei_fw-la merito_fw-la revelationis_fw-la mysterium_fw-la filium_fw-la dei_fw-la confitendo_fw-la praelatus_fw-la apostolus_fw-la ordinatur_fw-la in_o cujus_fw-la confession_n est_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la nec_fw-la adversus_fw-la hanc_fw-la petram_fw-la porte_fw-fr inferi_fw-la praevalent_a st._n peter_n episcopal_a chair_n which_o be_v show_v to_o this_o day_n can_v testify_v this_o wherein_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o faith_n when_o he_o confess_v that_o mystery_n that_o be_v then_o reveal_v even_o the_o son_n of_o god_n he_o be_v ordain_v a_o bishop_n in_o who_o confession_n be_v the_o foundation_n of_o the_o church_n neither_o shall_v the_o gate_n of_o hell_n prevail_v against_o this_o rock_n 6._o we_o read_v there_o that_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n do_v not_o signify_v error_n as_o 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concern_v the_o earth_n before_o the_o deluge_n wherein_o the_o form_n and_o property_n ascribe_v to_o it_o in_o a_o book_n entitle_v the_o theory_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v except_v against_o and_o it_o be_v make_v appear_v that_o the_o dissolution_n of_o that_o earth_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o universal_a flood_n also_o a_o new_a explication_n of_o that_o flood_n be_v attempt_v by_o erasmus_n warren_n rector_n of_o worlington_n in_o suffolk_n 4_o to_z the_o present_a state_n of_o germany_n or_o a_o account_n of_o the_o extent_n rise_v form_n wealth_n strength_n weakness_n and_o interest_n of_o that_o empire_n the_o prerogative_n of_o the_o emperor_n and_o the_o privilege_n of_o the_o elector_n prince_n and_o free_a city_n adapt_v to_o the_o present_a circumstance_n of_o that_o nation_n by_o a_o person_n of_o quality_n 8_o vo_z memoirs_fw-fr of_o what_o pass_v in_o christendom_n from_o the_o war_n begin_v 1672_o to_o the_o peace_n conclude_v 1679._o 8_o vo_z v._o cl._n gulielmi_n camdeni_n &_o illustrium_fw-la virorum_fw-la ad_fw-la g._n camdenum_fw-la epistolae_fw-la cum_fw-la appendice_fw-la varii_fw-la argumenti_fw-la accesserunt_fw-la annalium_fw-la regni_fw-la regis_fw-la jacobi_n i._o apparatus_fw-la &_o commentarius_fw-la de_fw-la antiquitate_fw-la dignitate_fw-la &_o officio_fw-la comitis_fw-la marescalli_n angliae_fw-la praemittitur_fw-la g._n camdeni_n vita_fw-la scriptore_fw-la thoma_n smitho_n s._n t._n d._n ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_n presbytero_fw-la euseb_n l._n 4._o c._n 20._o praefat._n in_o zechariam_n t._n 7._o b._n p._n pag._n 170._o pag._n 173._o pag._n 210._o pag._n 211._o pag._n 212._o pag._n 219._o cap._n 8._o ibid._n cap._n 9_o pag._n 234._o dial._n c._n 1._o pag._n 235._o dia._n c._n 3._o ad_fw-la finem_fw-la pag._n 253._o pag._n 254._o ibid._n t._n 4._o b._n p._n pag._n 72_o &_o 73._o pag._n 78._o cap._n 39_o ibid._n pag._n 79._o c._n ante_fw-la penult_fw-la ibid._n institut_n caenob_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 10._o ibid._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 1._o lib._n 7._o cap._n 16._o collat._n 8._o cap._n 3._o inst_n caenob_n l._n 5._o cap._n 14._o ibid._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 34._o de_fw-fr incar_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 4._o collat._n 20._o c._n 8._o collat._n 21._o cap._n 30._o lib._n 3._o pag._n 64._o t._n 5._o b._n p._n ibid._n pag._n 68_o pag._n 72._o lib._n 6._o pag._n 103._o lib._n 5._o pag._n 94._o lib._n 8._o pag._n 125._o lib._n 7._o pag._n 114._o pag._n 142._o ad_fw-la ec._n cath._n lib._n 1._o pag._n 148._o ad_fw-la ec._n lib._n 2._o comment_fw-fr de_fw-fr ordine_fw-la rom._n pag._n 139._o b._n p._n t._n 1._o pag._n 134._o pag._n 141._o pag._n 147._o pag._n 157._o pag._n 153._o cod._n 54._o t._n 1._o disp_n 91._o cap._n 11._o dimid_n temp._n cap._n 6._o upon_o psal_n 120._o t._n 2._o b._n p._n pag._n 148._o rom._n 8._o book_n 2._o chap._n 4._o pag._n 726._o lib._n de_fw-fr create_v pag._n 598._o pag._n 278._o homil._n 8._o pag._n 282._o t._n 3._o b._n patr._n pag._n 381._o ep._n 3._o ad_fw-la