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doctrine_n	age_n	catholic_n	church_n	3,280	5	4.9852	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64635	Certain discourses, viz. of Babylon (Rev. 18. 4.) being the present See of Rome (with a sermon of Bishop Bedels upon the same words) of laying on of hands (Heb. 6. 2.) to be an ordained ministry, of the old form of words in ordination, of a set form of prayer : each being the judgment of the late Arch-bishop of Armagh, and Primate of Ireland / published and enlarged by Nicholas Bernard ... : unto which is added a character of Bishop Bedel, and an answer to Mr. Pierces fifth letter concerning the late Primate.	Ussher, James, 1581-1656.; Bedell, William, 1571-1642.; Bernard, Nicholas, d. 1661.	1659 (1659)	Wing U161; ESTC R10033	109,687	392

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persequeretur_fw-la rom●_n christianos_n ●idit_fw-la ver●_n hoc_fw-la priusquam_fw-la in_o paethmos_n relega●us_fw-la esset_fw-la etc._n etc._n p._n 183_o 184._o and_o p._n 185._o de_fw-fr ca_fw-mi roma_fw-la quae_fw-la veneficiis_fw-la seducit_fw-la quae_fw-la agnum_fw-la specie_fw-la refert_fw-la scriptam_fw-la tamen_fw-la in_o front_n blasphemiam_fw-la in_o temph_n dei_fw-la sedet_fw-la cujus_fw-la merces_fw-la hominum_fw-la animae_fw-la quam_fw-la decem_fw-la reges_fw-la igne_fw-la concrematuri_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la perniciem_fw-la sempiternam_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la pseudo_fw-la prophetam_fw-la svam_fw-la vim_o habet_fw-la signa_fw-la faciendi_fw-la verè_fw-la à_fw-la to●●_n dicitur_fw-la romam_fw-la christianam_fw-la perditam_fw-la non_fw-la iri_fw-la non_fw-la cer●è_fw-la sed_fw-la illam_fw-la antichristianam_fw-la scili●et_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n thes_n 31._o de_fw-fr pontifice_n r●mano_n &_o praecipuis_fw-la qui_fw-la i●si_fw-la attribuuntur_fw-la titulis_fw-la s._n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d oppositionem_fw-la sive_fw-la unius_fw-la re●_n pro_fw-la altera_fw-la substitutionem_fw-la vel_fw-la legitimè_fw-la factam_fw-la aut_fw-la per_fw-la vim_o &_o fraud_n &c_n &c_n significat_fw-la s._n 13._o i._n e._n omni_fw-la instiumentor●m_fw-la satanicorum_fw-la genere_fw-la usus_fw-la est_fw-la sophistica_fw-la hypocris●_n men●aciis_fw-la aequ●u●cationibus_fw-la perfidia_fw-la perjuriis_fw-la violentia_fw-la veneno_fw-la a●mis_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la merito_fw-la dici_fw-la possit_fw-la bestiae_fw-la illi_fw-la formidabili_fw-la quae_fw-la pardo_n vrso_n le●●i_fw-la similis_fw-la est_fw-la &_o quâ_fw-la romanum_fw-la imperium_fw-la significatum_fw-la est_fw-la successisse_fw-la etc._n etc._n faxit_fw-la deus_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ab_fw-la antichristi_fw-la fraudibus_fw-la &_o tyra●nide_v liberetur_fw-la religiosae_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la est_fw-la curiam_fw-la romanam_fw-la a●_n ecclesia_fw-la in_o q●â_fw-la p●ntifex_fw-la sedea●_n interstinguere_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n ●ùm_fw-la episcop●s_fw-la romanus_n erecta_fw-la sibi_fw-la i●_n orbe_fw-la christiano_n monarchia_fw-la dominationem_fw-la usurpet_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la &_o pastor_n in_o tantam_fw-la erectus_fw-la superbiam_fw-la superbiam_fw-la ut_fw-la deum_fw-la se_fw-la dicat_fw-la can._n satis_fw-la do_v 96._o lib._n 1._o sac●ar_n cerem_fw-la cap._n de_fw-fr benedictiensis_fw-la veli●q●e_v veli●q●e_v ad●rari_fw-la council_n lateran●ult_n se●●_n 1._o 3._o 9_o ●_o omnemque_fw-la tribui_fw-la sibi_fw-la potestatem_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d &_o in_o terra_fw-la res_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la o●nes_fw-la disp●nat_fw-la articulos_fw-la fi_fw-la lei_fw-it definiat_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la author●ta●em_fw-la atque_fw-la interpretationem_fw-la à_fw-la se_fw-la esse_fw-la dicat_fw-la animarum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d exerceat_fw-la veta_fw-la juramentáque_fw-la dispenset_fw-la novos_fw-la dei_fw-la cultus_fw-la i●stituat_fw-la tum_o in_o civilibus_fw-la legi_fw-la ●mam_fw-la magistratu●um_fw-la au●h●itatem_fw-la pedib●s_fw-la sub●_n get_v 〈◊〉_d ablatis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d imperiis_fw-la credimus_fw-la atque_fw-la asserimus_fw-la esse_fw-la verum_fw-la illum_fw-la &_o g●rman●m_fw-la antichrist●m_fw-la perditicnis_fw-la filium_fw-la pron●nciatum_fw-la in_o verbo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d meretricem_fw-la purpuratam_fw-la it_o siden●em_fw-la septem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d in_fw-la ●ogna_fw-it civitate_fw-la quae_fw-la regnum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d in_fw-la reges_fw-la terrae_fw-la expecta●●sque_fw-la dum_fw-la dominus_fw-la pr●ut_fw-la pr●●sit_fw-la ac_fw-la jam_fw-la coepit_fw-la confici●ns_fw-la cum_fw-la spirituoris_fw-la svi_fw-la tandem_fw-la ill●st●●_fw-it adventu_fw-la svo_fw-la aboleat_fw-la aboleat_fw-la calvin_n epist._n 104._o under_o the_o papacy_n some_o church_n remain_v a_o church_n craze_v forlorn_a mistake_v yet_o some_o church_n his_o reason_n be_v antichrist_n must_v sit_v in_o the_o temple_n of_o god_n which_o be_v cite_v by_o mr._n hooker_n instit._fw-la sect._n 27._o geh●●i_n a_o man_n though_o overrun_v with_o a_o leprosy_n and_o to_o be_v shun_v as_o unclean_a antichristianismus_fw-la est_fw-la morbus_fw-la in_o christianism●_n christianism●_n the_o word_n of_o the_o cardinal_n be_v these_o viz._n by_o this_o article_n i._n e._n that_o king_n be_v not_o deposable_a by_o the_o pope_n we_o be_v cast_v headlong_o into_o a_o manifest_a heresy_n as_o bind_v we_o to_o confess_v that_o for_o many_o age_n past_a the_o catholic_n church_n have_v be_v banish_v out_o of_o the_o whole_a world_n for_o if_o the_o champion_n of_o the_o doctrine_n contrary_a to_o this_o article_n do_v hold_v a_o impious_a &_o detestable_a opinion_n contrary_a to_o god_n word_n then_o doubtless_o the_o pope_n for_o so_o many_o hundred_o year_n expire_v have_v not_o be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o church_n but_o a_o heretic_n and_o the_o antichrist_n p._n 453._o 453._o the_o usual_a stile_n of_o the_o sibyl_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o e._n roma_fw-la septicollis_fw-la in_o 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