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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39854	Two sermons the first preached in Christ-Church, Dublin, Feb. 19, 1681, at the consecration of the Right Reverend Fathers in God, William Lord Bishop of Kildare, William Lord Bishop of Kilmore, and Richard Lord Bishop of Kilalla : the other, preached in the Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, at the primary visitation of the most Reverend Father in God, Francis Lord Arch-bishop of Dublin, Apr. 24, 1682 / by S. Foley ...	Foley, Samuel, 1655-1695.; Moreton, William, 1641-1715.; Sheridan, William, 1636-1711.; Tenison, Richard, 1640?-1705.; Marsh, Francis, 1627-1693.	1683 (1683)	Wing F1400; ESTC R2994	25,191	58

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o he_o be_v then_o himself_o a_o presbyter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o who_o undoubred_o be_v mean_v the_o bishop_n and_o it_o plain_o show_v that_o he_o be_v above_o the_o presbyter_n edit_fw-la huet_n rothomag_n anno_fw-la 1668._o pag._n 114._o huetius_n guess_v that_o origen_n understand_v either_o theoctistus_n bishop_n of_o caesarea_n or_o babylas_n patriarch_n of_o antioch_n observat_fw-la pag._n 14._o origen_n likewise_o on_o mat._n ch._n nineteeen_o pag._n 363._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o cap._n 21._o pag._n 442._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d origen_n and_o est_fw-la and_o tertullian_n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la cap._n 17._o dandi_fw-la quidem_fw-la habet_fw-la jus_o summus_n sacerdos_n qui_fw-la est_fw-la episcopus_fw-la dehinc_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopi_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la propter_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la honorem_fw-la quo_fw-la salvo_fw-la salva_fw-la pax_fw-la est_fw-la 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