Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

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england_n	article_n	church_n	doctrine_n	10,044	5	6.9591	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27058	The true history of councils enlarged and defended against the deceits of a pretended vindicator of the primitive church, but indeed of the tympanite & tyranny of some prelates many hundred years after Christ, with a detection of the false history of Edward Lord Bishop of Corke and Rosse in Ireland ... and a preface abbreviating much of Ludolphus's History of Habassta : written to shew their dangerous errour, who think that a general council, or colledge of bishops, is a supream governour of all the Christian world ... / by Richard Baxter ... ; to which is added by another hand, a defence of a book, entituled, No evidence for diocesan churches ...	Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1682 (1682)	Wing B1438; ESTC R39511	217,503	278

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i_o have_v not_o do_v right_o to_o the_o catholic_n church_n i_o perceive_v the_o question_n be_v not_o whether_o i_o may_v rail_v at_o bishop_n but_o what_o bishop_n they_o be_v that_o i_o must_v rail_v at_o as_o for_o the_o council_n at_o sinuessa_n i_o believe_v the_o be_v of_o it_o no_o more_o than_o he_o do_v and_o when_o i_o be_o but_o name_v the_o common_a catalogue_n he_o may_v pardon_v my_o modesty_n for_o say_v that_o the_o be_v of_o it_o be_v a_o controversy_n §_o 12._o of_o the_o council_n of_o illiberis_n he_o say_v but_o contract_o the_o same_n that_o i_o do_v that_o it_o have_v many_o good_a canon_n and_o some_o that_o need_v a_o favourable_a interpretation_n and_o be_v very_o severe_a in_o some_o case_n this_o measure_n of_o just_a praise_n and_o dispraise_v be_v practise_v by_o he_o that_o be_v condemn_v it_o in_o i_o §_o 13._o as_o to_o his_o controversy_n whether_o bishop_n or_o such_o as_o strive_v to_o be_v bishop_n be_v the_o very_a first_o mover_n of_o the_o donatists_n controversy_n who_o shall_v be_v bishop_n it_o be_v not_o worth_a the_o turn_n over_o one_o book_n to_o search_v as_o to_o my_o business_n §_o 14._o next_o he_o that_o accuse_v i_o of_o rail_a at_o bishop_n accuse_v i_o for_o say_v from_o some_o good_a author_n that_o a_o bishop_n of_o carthage_n donatus_n be_v a_o good_a man_n who_o he_o say_v be_v bad_a it_o be_v little_a to_o i_o whether_o he_o be_v good_a or_o bad_a §_o 15._o next_o he_o note_v that_o i_o err_v with_o binnius_n and_o baronius_n as_o to_o the_o year_n of_o a_o carthage_n council_n i_o undertake_v not_o to_o justify_v all_o the_o chronology_n or_o history_n that_o i_o transcribe_v whether_o optatus_n or_o binnius_n and_o baronius_n hit_v on_o the_o