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A32849 Additional discourses of Mr. Chillingworth never before printed Chillingworth, William, 1602-1644. 1687 (1687) Wing C3883; ESTC R9935 73,616 104

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that_o we_o be_v not_o like_a child_n waver_v and_o carry_v up_o and_o down_o with_o every_o wind_n of_o doctrine_n the_o apostle_n and_o prophet_n etc._n etc._n that_o then_o be_v do_v not_o now_o in_o their_o own_o person_n and_o by_o oral_a instruction_n do_v the_o work_n of_o the_o ministry_n to_o the_o intent_n we_o may_v be_v keep_v from_o waver_v and_o be_v carry_v up_o and_o down_o with_o every_o wind_n of_o doctrine_n therefore_o they_o do_v this_o some_o other_o way_n now_o there_o be_v no_o other_o way_n by_o which_o they_o can_v do_v it_o but_o by_o their_o write_n and_o therefore_o by_o their_o write_n they_o do_v it_o therefore_o by_o their_o write_n and_o believe_v of_o they_o we_o be_v to_o be_v keep_v from_o waver_v in_o matter_n of_o faith_n therefore_o the_o scripture_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o prophet_n and_o evangelist_n be_v our_o guide_n therefore_o not_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n finis_fw-la finis_fw-la how_o by_o the_o whole_a church_n when_o himself_o be_v part_n of_o it_o and_o communicate_v still_o with_o divers_a other_o part_n of_o it_o it_o what_o not_o to_o they_o who_o know_v and_o believe_v he_o to_o be_v unjust_o excommunicate_v excommunicate_v ut_fw-la in_o nomen_fw-la virgin_n collyridem_fw-la quandam_fw-la sacrificarent_fw-la epiph._n haer_fw-mi 78._o offerunt_fw-la panem_fw-la in_o nomen_fw-la mariae_fw-la omnes_fw-la autem_fw-la pane_fw-la participa●t_fw-la participa●t_fw-la de●_n enim_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la nulla_fw-la tenus_fw-la mulier_fw-la sacrisicavit_fw-la idem_fw-la haeres_fw-la 79._o 79._o diaconissarum_fw-la ordo_fw-la est_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la sacrificandum_fw-la nam_fw-la neque_fw-la diaconis_fw-la conc●editum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la aliquod_fw-la m●sterium_fw-la persiciant_fw-la id._n ibid._n ibid._n vid._n sup_v littera_fw-la a_o a_o mortuis_fw-la cultum_fw-la divinum_fw-la praestantes_fw-la id._n ibid._n and_o again_o revera_n virgo_fw-la erat_fw-la honorata_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la adadorationem_fw-la nobis_fw-la data_fw-la sed_fw-la ipsa_fw-la adorans_fw-la deum_fw-la and_o again_o non_fw-la ut_fw-la adoretur_fw-la virgo_fw-la nec_fw-la ut_fw-la deum_fw-la hanc_fw-la efficeret_fw-la etc._n etc._n sit_v in_o honore_fw-la maria_fw-la pater_fw-la &_o filius_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la s._n adoretur_fw-la mariam_n nemo_fw-la adoret_fw-la deo_fw-la debetur_fw-la hoc_fw-la mysterium_fw-la id._n ibid._n ibid._n pro_fw-la deo_fw-la hanc_fw-la introducere_fw-la statuerant_fw-la id._n ibid._n revera_n sanctum_fw-la erat_fw-la mariae_fw-la corpus_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la deus_fw-la and_o again_o mulierem_fw-la eam_fw-la appellavit_fw-la joh._n 2._o velut_fw-la prophetans_fw-la &_o ne_fw-la aliqui_fw-la nimium_fw-la admirati_fw-la sanctum_fw-la in_fw-la hanc_fw-la haeresin_fw-la dilabantur_fw-la and_o again_o non_fw-la tamen_fw-la aliter_fw-la genita_fw-la est_fw-la praeter_fw-la hominis_fw-la naturam_fw-la sed_fw-la sicut_fw-la omnes_fw-la ex_fw-la semine_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o utero_fw-la mulieris_fw-la id._n ibid._n ibid._n ad_fw-la aquas_fw-la ●bilotanas_fw-la episcopo_fw-la offerente_fw-la projecte_fw-la re●quias_fw-la martyris_fw-la gloriosiss●mi_fw-la stephani_fw-la ad_fw-la ejus_fw-la memoriam_fw-la veniebat_fw-la magne_fw-la multitudinis_fw-la concursus_fw-la &_o cocursus_fw-la ibi_fw-la caeca_fw-la mulier_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopum_fw-la portantem_fw-la pignora_fw-la sacra_fw-la duceretur_fw-la ora●it_fw-la flores_n qu●●_n ferebat_fw-la dedit_fw-la recepit_fw-la oculis_fw-la admovit_fw-la protenus_fw-la vidit_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr civit._n dei_fw-la l._n 22._o c._n 8._o abscedens_fw-la aliquid_fw-la de_fw-la alta●i_fw-la s._n stephani_fw-la storum_fw-la quod_fw-la ●●currit_fw-la tu●it_fw-la idem_fw-la ibid._n etc._n etc._n etc._n theodoretus_n de_fw-fr curandis_fw-la affect_v graec._n l._n 8._o faverdent●_n edit_n iren._n p._n 497._o