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A34096 An exhortation of the churches of Bohemia to the Church of England wherein is set forth the good of unity, order, discipline, and obedience in churches rightly now, or to be constituted : with a description premised of the order and discipline used in the churches of the Brethren of Bohemia / by J. Amos Commenius. Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670. 1661 (1661) Wing C5507; ESTC R27266 107,538 185

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sight_n without_o doubt_n god_n intend_v to_o give_v the_o picture_n of_o that_o church_n whereof_o he_o be_v as_o the_o patriarch_n he_o see_v also_o other_o three_o man_n keep_v the_o same_o tree_n which_o six_o year_n after_o when_o they_o be_v in_o very_a deed_n choose_v by_o vote_n to_o be_v the_o superintendent_o he_o remember_v and_o assure_v we_o that_o they_o be_v the_o very_a same_o by_o the_o very_a lineament_n of_o their_o face_n in_o that_o vision_n 55._o so_o gregory_n by_o the_o mediation_n of_o rokyzan_n be_v dismiss_v but_o then_o patent_n come_v forth_o by_o the_o king_n order_n inhibit_v all_o the_o pastor_n the_o ministration_n of_o the_o holy_a ordinance_n without_o the_o ceremony_n and_o threaten_v the_o punishment_n of_o death_n to_o any_o that_o shall_v dare_v to_o adminster_n without_o the_o say_a ceremony_n to_o the_o brethren_n know_v by_o the_o now_o odious_a name_n of_o piccardi_n the_o brethren_n therefore_o be_v reduce_v to_o great_a strait_n and_o as_o 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