Selected quad for the lemma: church_n
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A26948
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Mr. Richard Baxter's last legacy in select admonitions and directions to all sober dissenters.
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Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.
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1697
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Wing B1297_VARIANT; ESTC R25271
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on_o this_o mr._n baxter_n reflect_v p._n 353._o though_o mr._n vine_n here_o yield_v not_o the_o negative_a voice_n to_o have_v be_v de_fw-la facto_fw-la in_o the_o first_o or_o second_o age_n nor_o to_o be_v de_fw-fr jure_fw-la yet_o he_o without_o any_o question_n yield_v to_o the_o state_v of_o a_o precedent_n durante_fw-la vitâ_fw-la if_o he_o prove_v not_o unworthy_a which_o be_v one_o point_n that_o i_o propound_v to_o he_o and_o i_o make_v no_o doubt_n but_o he_o will_v have_v yield_v to_o a_o voluntary_a consent_n of_o presbyter_n de_fw-fr facto_fw-la not_o to_o ordain_v without_o the_o precedent_n and_o the_o difficulty_n that_o be_v before_o we_o de_fw-fr facto_fw-la in_o set_v up_o a_o parochial_a episcopacy_n which_o he_o mention_v i_o have_v clear_v already_o in_o these_o paper_n show_v partly_o that_o the_o thing_n be_v already_o existent_a and_o partly_o how_o more_o full_o to_o accomplish_v it_o the_o instance_n which_o he_o give_v be_v in_o the_o episcopacy_n of_o 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