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success_n which_o they_o despair_v of_o accomplish_v by_o their_o own_o iii_o church-division_n have_v give_v occasion_n to_o the_o spread_a of_o many_o detestable_a error_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n they_o be_v apt_a to_o unsettle_v the_o mind_n of_o 〈◊〉_d and_o prepare_v they_o for_o change_n we_o may_v gather_v from_o the_o word_n of_o st._n paul_n ephes_n 4._o 12_o 13_o 14._o that_o they_o who_o forsake_v the_o officer_n which_o christ_n have_v give_v for_o the_o perfect_a or_o â—joying_v together_o of_o the_o saint_n they_o that_o be_v not_o compact_v in_o his_o mystical_a body_n but_o break_v off_o from_o it_o be_v as_o child_n toss_v to_o and_o fro_o by_o the_o sleight_n of_o man_n sword_n cunning_a craftiness_n whereby_o they_o lie_v in_o wait_n to_o deceive_v such_o deceiver_n be_v then_o most_o busy_a to_o exercise_v their_o art_n when_o they_o be_v remov'n_v who_o watchful_a eye_n shall_v discover_v their_o imposture_n and_o who_o be_v appoint_v for_o that_o purpose_n and_o thus_o when_o the_o bishop_n and_o the_o clergy_n that_o adhere_v to_o they_o be_v lay_v aside_o in_o this_o nation_n false_a teacher_n do_v bold_o show_v their_o head_n and_o make_v a_o prey_n of_o very_a many_o salmasius_n himself_o milton_n complain_v that_o innumerable_a sect_n which_o before_o be_v condemn_v to_o hell_n and_o lurk_v in_o darkness_n do_v then_o break_v out_o all_o on_o a_o sudden_a and_o appear_v in_o a_o open_a day_n and_o this_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o he_o alter_v his_o judgement_n about_o episcopal_a government_n against_o which_o he_o have_v write_v with_o great_a zeal_n and_o conclude_v that_o in_o england_n especial_o it_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v continue_v this_o be_v the_o testimony_n of_o a_o foreigner_n but_o our_o native_n speak_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n mr._n pagit_n 1645._o make_v a_o heavy_a lamentation_n that_o the_o
sacerdotum_fw-la glutino_fw-la copulata_fw-la cyprian_a ep._n 66._o p._n 168._o heb._n 1â—_n 25._o 25._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vid._n ephes_n 2._o 19_o galat._n 6._o 10._o 10._o vid._n spanhem_n dissert_n 9_o the_o praest_n &_o usu_n numism_n p._n 692._o 792._o ad_fw-la 796._o roine_n inscript_n class_n 5._o n._n 20_o 22._o 22._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eyhe_n 2._o 9_o see_v rom._n 12._o 13._o 1_o pet._n 4._o 9_o 9_o vid._n chr._n lupi_fw-la schol._n in_o tertul._n lib._n the_o prescript_n c._n 20._o 20._o vid._n philippi_n thomasini_n lib._n de_fw-la tesseris_fw-la hospitalitatis_fw-la c._n 7._o &_o 10._o 10._o dum_fw-la est_fw-la illis_fw-la communicatio_fw-la pacis_fw-la &_o appellatio_fw-la fraternitatis_fw-la &_o contesseratio_fw-la hospitalitatis_fw-la quae_fw-la jura_fw-la non_fw-la alia_fw-la ratio_fw-la regit_fw-la quam_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la una_fw-la traditio_fw-la tertullian_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la vid._n canon_n 2._o council_n chalcedon_n cum_fw-la notis_n justel_n p._n 129_o etc._n etc._n etc._n vid._n sozomen_n hist_o eccl._n l._n 5._o c._n 16._o p._n 618._o 1_o cor._n 16._o 1_o 2._o 2_o cor._n 8._o 4._o 9_o 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5._o galat._n 2._o 2._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lucian_n tom._n 2._o p._n 567._o 567._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rom._n 15._o 26._o 2_o cor._n 8._o 4._o 9_o 13_o etc._n etc._n etc._n viz._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d constitut_n apost_n lib._n 2._o c._n 58._o act_n 4._o 47._o act_n 22._o 25._o 25._o vid._n julian_n imperat._n orat._n 7._o p._n 238_o 239._o ed._n spanhem_n ephes_n 2._o 14._o 14._o joseph_n antiq._n jud._n lib._n 15._o c._n 14._o 1_o pet._n 2._o 9_o 10._o 10._o vid._n solden_a de_fw-fr jure_fw-la nat._n &_o gent._n l._n 2._o c._n 4._o c._n 169._o 169._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d polit._n l._n â—_o c._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n c._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n l._n 3._o c._n 1._o 1._o vid._n grot._n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la b._n &_o p._n l._n 2._o c._n 9_o sect._n 3_o 3_o prescript_n c._n 20._o p._n 208_o 209._o 1_o joh._n 1._o 3_o 1_o cor._n 12._o 12._o ephes_n 5._o 29_o 30._o see_v 1_o cor._n 3._o 3_o jam._n 3._o 16._o 16._o treatise_n of_o self-denial_n ep._n monit_n a._n d._n 1659._o 1659._o ingens_fw-la flagitium_fw-la schismatis_fw-la l._n 1._o p._n 22._o p._n 23._o 23._o chrys_n tom._n 3._o p._n 822._o 822._o advers._fw-la haeres_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 62._o 62._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rom._n 16._o 17._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 3_o 3_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strab._n lib._n 13._o 13._o pythagorae_n hisque_fw-la qui_fw-la ejus_fw-la haeresim_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la secuti_fw-la etc._n etc._n vitruv_n de_fw-fr architect_n praefat._n 1._o 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d diog._n lacrt._n proaem_n segm._fw-la 19_o plurimosque_fw-la discipulos_fw-la vivo_fw-la adhuc_fw-la praeceptore_fw-la in_o svam_fw-la haeresim_fw-la congregasset_fw-la congregasset_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la l._n 8._o c._n 12._o act_n 24._o 5._o &_o 28._o 22._o act_n 24._o 14._o 1_o cor._n 11._o 18._o v_o 19_o tit._n 3._o 10._o 1_o cor._n 11._o 18_o 1_o cor._n 3._o 4._o 1_o cor._n 1._o 10._o 1_o cor._n 12._o 25._o 25._o owen_n of_o schism_n p._n 42._o 42._o pag._n 275._o 275._o pag._n 69._o 69._o pag._n 11._o 11._o dr._n cawdry_n see_v his_o independency_n further_o prove_v to_o be_v a_o schism_n p._n 15._o 15._o pag._n 8._o 8._o pag._n 51._o 51._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d galat._n 5._o 12._o tit._n 3._o 2._o 2._o cyprian_a de_fw-fr unit._n eccles_n p._n 108._o mat._n 12._o 30._o 30._o epist_n ad_fw-la ephes_n p._n 20._o 20._o ibid._n 1_o joh_n 2._o 19_o ver._n 18._o ver._n 19_o heb._n 10._o 24_o 25._o tit._n 3._o 10._o rome_n 16._o 17._o 17._o pag._n 40._o 40._o pag._n 6._o 6._o pag._n 7._o 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epist_n 66._o p._n 168._o 168._o epist_n 43._o p._n 83._o 83._o see_v langley_n '_o be_v persecute_v minister_n p._n 35._o 39_o see_v jus_n divin_n minist_n angl._n p._n 83._o 87._o 90._o 90._o see_v cawdry_n appendix_n to_o independ_v a_o great_a schism_n schism_n true_a nature_n of_o a_o gospel_n church_n p._n 56_o 57_o 58._o 2_o â—am_n 6._o 6._o vid._n joseph_n antiq._n jâ—d_n lib._n 7._o c._n 4._o 4._o pallad_n de_fw-fr vit._n chrysost_n p._n 5._o ed._n bigot_n bigot_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d num._n 16._o 1._o 1._o antiq._n jud._n lib._n 4._o c._n 1._o p._n 245._o ed._n oxon._n numb_a 16._o 〈◊〉_d judas_n 1â—_n luk._n 10._o 16._o 16._o polit._n lib._n 2._o c._n 2._o numb_a 16._o 30._o 30._o epistle_n to_o the_o reader_n before_o his_o quo_fw-la warranto_fw-la warranto_fw-la epistle_n to_o the_o reader_n before_o juâ—_n divin_n minist_n evang_v evang_v philadelphian_o philadelphian_o ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la supra_fw-la anno_fw-la dom._n 1658._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o 10._o 10._o qui_fw-la estis_fw-la vos_fw-la &_o unde_fw-la venissis_fw-la optat._n lib._n 2._o 2._o non_fw-la nego_fw-la quin_fw-la apostolos_fw-la postea_fw-la quoque_fw-la vel_fw-la saltem_fw-la evangelistas_n in_fw-la terdum_fw-la excitarit_fw-mi deus_fw-la ut_fw-la nostro_fw-la tempore_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la talibus_fw-la enim_fw-la qui_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ab_fw-la antichristi_fw-la defectione_n reducerent_fw-la opus_fw-la suit_n munus_fw-la tamen_fw-la ipsum_fw-la extraordinarium_fw-la appello_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ—â—_n ritè_fw-la constitutis_fw-la locum_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la calvin_n inst_n l._n 4._o c._n 3._o sect._n 4._o auteurs_fw-fr de_fw-fr sa_fw-fr reformation_n ont_fw-fr volontairement_n renonce_n a_o la_fw-fr mark_n de_fw-fr l'eglise_fw-fr roman_a qu'l_a fault_n tenir_fw-fr leur_fw-fr vocation_n pour_fw-fr extraordinaire_fw-fr etc._n etc._n bez._n hist_o p._n 580._o â—_o tim._n 4._o 14._o 14._o instit_n lib._n 4._o c._n 3._o sect._n 16._o 16._o selden_n de_fw-mi syne_v lib._n 1._o c._n 14._o 14._o exit_fw-la hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la loco_fw-la novi_fw-la foederis_fw-la unico_fw-la tum_fw-la lectionis_fw-la tum_fw-la sensus_fw-la ut_fw-la vides_fw-la adeo_fw-la incerti_fw-la mira_n formantur_fw-la &_o varia_fw-la ab_fw-la aliquibus_fw-la de_fw-la jurisdictione_n presbyterii_fw-la velut_fw-la instituto_fw-la divino_fw-la etiam_fw-la tunc_fw-la fundata_fw-la ibid._n joh._n 2._o v._n 1._o joh._n 3._o v._n 1._o pet._n 1._o v._n 1._o 1._o vid._n epiphan_n haeres_fw-la 75._o c._n 3._o 3._o in_o rebus_fw-la divinae_fw-la institutionis_fw-la nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la accepit_fw-la tradere_fw-la nec_fw-la potestatem_fw-la quam_fw-la ipse_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la alii_fw-la transcribere_fw-la saâ—â—_n apparat._n p._n 232._o 232._o quis_fw-la unquam_fw-la vidit_fw-la aut_fw-la legit_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la extraordinariam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habituri_fw-la sunt_fw-la delegari_fw-la &_o ordinari_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la qui_fw-la ordinariam_fw-la habent_fw-la tantum_fw-la apparat_fw-la p._n 18._o 2_o tim_n 1._o 6._o 6._o hieron_n in_o tit._n 1._o 1._o see_v the_o narrative_a of_o some_o church-course_n in_o n._n engl._n by_o w._n r._n c._n 12._o 12._o de_fw-fr qua_fw-la terra_fw-la germinavit_fw-la de_fw-fr quo_fw-la mari_fw-fr emersit_fw-la de_fw-fr quo_fw-la coelo_fw-la decidit_fw-la contr._n donat._n lib._n 3._o c._n 2._o 2_o tim._n 4._o 3._o 3._o laicis_fw-la sacerdotalia_fw-la munera_fw-la injungunt_fw-la prescript_n haerâ—â—_n c_o 41._o p._n 217._o 217._o jus_fw-la divin_n minist_n angl._n part_n 1._o p._n 185_o 186._o 186._o page_n 187._o 187._o populus_fw-la nunquam_fw-la habuit_fw-la eligendi_fw-la &_o ordinandi_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la vel_fw-la episcopos_fw-la quâ—tamen_fw-la potest_fw-la regem_fw-la super_fw-la se_fw-la imponere_fw-la &_o libertatem_fw-la corporum_fw-la suorum_fw-la alicui_fw-la domino_fw-la mancipere_fw-la apparat._n pag._n 232._o 232._o non_fw-la universam_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la manus_fw-la imposuisse_fw-la suis_fw-la ministris_fw-la sed_fw-la solos_fw-la pastor_n institut_n l._n 4._o c._n 3._o sect._n 16._o 16._o ordinandi_fw-la seu_fw-la manus_fw-la imponendi_fw-la potestatem_fw-la protestantium_fw-la nemo_fw-la laicis_fw-la tribuendam_fw-la putavit_fw-la blondel_n apol._n sect._n 3._o pag._n 523._o 523._o 〈◊〉_d of_o agreement_n p._n 6_o 7._o 7._o vid._n athanas_n apolog._n 2._o p._n 570._o 570._o a._n d._n 324._o 324._o see_v cotton_n '_o be_v way_n of_o the_o church_n of_o new-england_n c._n 6._o sect._n 3._o 〈…〉_z the_o narrative_a of_o some_o church-course_n in_o new-england_n by_o w._n â—_o c._n 8._o p._n 32._o 32._o pag._n 5._o 5._o pag._n 11._o 11._o cyprian_a epist_n 69._o p._n 183_o 184._o 184._o hos_fw-la 9_o 4._o 4._o tom._n 3._o p._n 822_o 823._o ed._n sâ—vil_n sâ—vil_n ad_fw-la lxx_o interpretes_n respicit_fw-la apud_fw-la quos_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d well_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la consecrare_fw-la exod._n 28._o 41_o &_o 29._o 9_o &_o 32._o 29._o levit._fw-la 8._o 33_o 34._o numb_a 3._o 3_o vid._n morin_n de_fw-fr ordinat_fw-la part._n 2._o &_o buxtorf_n lex_fw-la chald._n in_o voce_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vid._n grot._n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la b._n &_o p._n lib._n 2._o c._n 9_o sect._n 10._o 1_o cor._n 1._o 12._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 3_o 1_o cor._n 1._o 13._o philip._n 4._o â—_o â—_o cap._n 47._o 47._o see_v rom._n 2._o 16._o 1_o
cor._n 11._o 19_o 1_o john_n 11._o 19_o 19_o dr._n hammâ—â—d_n act_n 10._o 34._o act_n 15._o 7._o act_n 13._o 5_o 14._o act_n 18._o 4._o act_n 28._o 23_o 24._o act_n 15._o 23._o act_n 15._o 1._o 1._o constitut_n apostolic_a l._n 7._o c._n 46._o p._n 372._o 372._o malatesta_n chronograph_n p._n 325._o 325._o vid._n d._n pearson_n cestriens_fw-la episcop_n opp._n posthum_fw-la chroâ—_n dissert_n poster_n poster_n see_v treatise_n of_o church_n government_n c._n 9_o 11_o 14._o see_v ephes_n 2._o 14_o 15_o etc._n etc._n galat._n 1._o 7_o 8._o philip._n 3._o 2._o rom._n 16._o 17._o gal._n 2._o 11_o 12_o 13_o 14._o act_n 13._o 1._o clem._n rom._n epist_n ad_fw-la corinth_n c._n 1._o 1._o vid._n origen_n in_o luc._n c._n 1._o homil._n 6._o euseb_n h._n e._n l._n 3._o c._n 12._o 12._o iren._n advers._fw-la haeres_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 3._o tertull._n prescript_n c._n 32._o 32._o vid._n cyprian_n ep._n 46._o &_o 55._o 55._o cornel._n apud_fw-la euseb_n h._n e._n l._n 6._o c._n 43._o 43._o vid._n cornel._n ep._n ad_fw-la cyprian-int_a ep._n cypr._n p._n 49._o p._n 93._o matt._n 18._o 20._o 20._o cyprian_a de_fw-fr unit._n eccles_n p._n 112_o 113._o matt._n 18._o 19_o philip._n 1._o 15_o 18._o ver._n 19_o 19_o 〈◊〉_d ess_n n._n 3._o 3._o cyprian_a de_fw-fr unit._n p._n 112._o 112._o optat._n l._n 1._o p._n 22_o 23._o matt._n 15._o 14._o 14._o vid._n joseph_n antiq._n jud._n lib._n 3._o c._n 7._o p._n 434._o 434._o hare_n 75._o n._n 4._o isa_n 5._o 20._o job_n 13._o 7._o rom._n 3._o 8._o 8._o see_v baylie_n disuasive_a c._n 1._o â—_o 2._o paget_n arrow_n against_o separation_n p._n 28_o etc._n etc._n rom._n 4._o 15._o 1_o cor._n 11._o 5_o etc._n etc._n 1_o cor._n 14._o 40._o 1_o cor._n 11._o 22._o 1_o cor._n 6._o 20._o psal_n 95._o 6._o 1_o cor._n 11_o etc._n etc._n 1_o cor._n 11._o 14._o 1_o cor._n 13._o 5._o 1_o cor._n 11._o 16._o 16._o see_v dr._n hammond_n view_n of_o the_o new_a directory_n sect._n 23._o 23._o way_n of_o the_o church_n in_o new_a england_n c._n 4._o sect._n 2._o 1_o cor._n 5._o 1_o 2._o 2_o cor._n 12._o 21._o 1_o cor._n 6._o 1_o 6._o 1_o cor._n 11._o 21._o 1_o cor._n 11._o 17._o 1_o cor._n 1._o 2._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o cor._n 13._o 11._o 1_o cor._n 12._o 20_o 25_o 27._o 1_o cor._n 1._o 10._o 10._o mr._n ball._n see_v his_o answer_n to_o can._n p._n 137_o 138._o 138._o baxter_n direct_v p._n 745._o prov._n 13._o 10._o 10._o clem._n roman_n epist_n ad_fw-la corinth_n c._n 1._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n c._n 47._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n c._n 1._o 1._o fingitis_fw-la vos_fw-la ante_fw-la tempus_fw-la messis_fw-la fugere_fw-la permixta_fw-la zizania_fw-la quia_fw-la vos_fw-la estis_fw-la sola_fw-la zizania_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la frumenta_fw-la essetis_fw-la permixta_fw-la zizania_fw-la toleraretis_fw-la &_o à _fw-la segete_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la vos_fw-la divideretis_fw-la august_n epist_n 171._o 171._o christian_n direct_a p._n 739_o 740._o 740._o see_v their_o preface_n before_o the_o jus_n divin_n reg._n eccles_n eccles_n christian_n direct_a p._n 741._o 1_o tim._n 3._o 15._o 1_o pet._n 2._o 5._o ephes_n 2_o 20._o colos_n 3._o 15_o 15_o vid._n ep._n 1._o ad_fw-la corinth_n cap._n 1_o &_o 2._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vid._n coteler_n not._n col._n 83_o 84._o 84._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chr._n direct_v p._n 739._o ephes_n 2._o 21._o ephes_n 4._o 16._o 16._o christian_n direct_a p._n 738._o 738._o sermon_n on_o 1_o cor._n 14._o 26._o 26._o cure_v of_o church-division_n p._n 359._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 3_o 2_o cor._n 12._o 11._o 2_o cor._n 12._o 2_o 7._o act_n 18._o 24._o 2_o cor._n 10._o 10._o 2_o cor._n 3._o 7._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 3_o 3_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n ep._n ad_fw-la corinth_n c._n 49._o 1_o cor._n 14._o 26_o 40._o 2_o thess_n 3._o 11._o 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v also_o v._n 6._o and_o 1_o thess_n 5._o 14._o rom._n 16._o 17._o 17._o strom._n lib._n 7._o p._n 753._o 753._o ep._n ad_fw-la corinth_n c._n 46._o 46._o c._n 47._o 47._o vid._n episcop_n instit_n lib._n 3._o sect._n 4._o c._n 21._o 21._o see_v dr._n pocock_n on_o micah_n 4._o 3._o act_n 4._o 32._o 32._o tom._n 4._o p._n 799._o 799._o rycaut_n history_n of_o thâ—_n turkish_a empire_n p._n 80._o 80._o christian_n directory_n p._n 740._o 740._o cambd._n elizab._n a._n d._n 1583._o 1583._o ab_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la abolitione_n consecuta_fw-la est_fw-la horrenda_fw-la confusio_fw-la &_o perturbatio_fw-la religionis_fw-la sectis_fw-la innumera_fw-la bilibus_fw-la quae_fw-la antea_fw-la orâ—o_fw-la damnatae_fw-la in_o tenebris_fw-la delitesâ—ebant_fw-la de_fw-fr repent_v qua_fw-la data_fw-la porta_fw-la undequaque_fw-la in_o â—ucem_fw-la erumpentibus_fw-la salm._n resp_n ad_fw-la milton_n milton_n heres_fw-la p._n 41._o a._n d._n 1645._o 1645._o dr._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gangr_n part._n 1._o p._n 120._o print_a a._n d._n 1645._o 1645._o a._n d._n 1646._o 1646._o see_v gangr_n part._n 1._o p._n 18_o etc._n etc._n etc._n ep._n ded._n ded._n epistle_n to_o the_o reader_n before_o jus_n divin_n minist_n evangel_n evangel_n de_fw-fr bello_fw-la pelopon_n lib._n p._n 195._o edit_fw-la oxon._n oxon._n owen_n of_o schism_n p._n 55._o 55._o bac._n ess_n 3._o 3._o see_v the_o preface_n to_o his_o cure_n of_o church-division_n church-division_n vid._n ammian_n marcellin_n lib._n 22._o c._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d notis_n haâ—r_n vale_n vale_n vid._n joseph_n antiq._n jud._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 8._o nehem._n 4._o 17._o 17._o defence_n of_o his_o cure_n part_v 2._o p._n 6._o