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A50332
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A defence of diocesan episcopacy in answer to a book of Mr. David Clarkson, lately published, entituled, Primitive episcopacy / by Henry Maurice ...
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Maurice, Henry, 1648-1691.
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Wing M1360; ESTC R8458
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〈◊〉_d epiph._n haer._n 74._o n._n 1._o 3_o as_o a_o prodigy_n and_o his_o opinion_n madness_n though_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n at_o all_o of_o his_o ordination_n but_o the_o case_n of_o the_o ordination_n of_o our_o dissenter_n be_v peculiar_a and_o they_o do_v foreign_a church_n great_a wrong_n when_o they_o concern_v they_o in_o their_o quarrel_n for_o first_o the_o independent_o have_v no_o root_n of_o order_n but_o their_o pastor_n be_v of_o lay_v original_a extraction_n the_o presbyterian_o have_v ordination_n from_o presbyter_n not_o only_o without_o but_o in_o opposition_n to_o bishop_n against_o all_o the_o establish_a rule_n of_o this_o church_n against_o the_o law_n of_o the_o country_n as_o well_o as_o practise_v of_o ancient_a church_n and_o if_o upon_o this_o account_n we_o pronounce_v they_o void_a we_o do_v no_o more_o than_o what_o all_o the_o protestant_a church_n abroad_o will_v do_v in_o the_o like_a case_n if_o some_o deacon_n or_o layman_n will_v take_v upon_o 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interemptionem_fw-la deponentium_fw-la eos_fw-la convaluerint_fw-la hieron_n adv_fw-la lucif_n some_o person_n of_o more_o zeal_n than_o discretion_n attempt_v to_o depose_v some_o of_o they_o and_o ordain_v other_o in_o their_o place_n their_o people_n be_v so_o concern_v that_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o stone_n those_o obtruder_n the_o same_o answer_n be_v to_o be_v make_v to_o the_o other_o passage_n of_o st._n jerom_n that_o in_o the_o east_n there_o be_v but_o athanasius_n and_o paulinus_n to_o oppose_v the_o arrian_n not_o that_o all_o the_o rest_n or_o the_o great_a number_n be_v heretic_n or_o will_v not_o oppose_v the_o doctrine_n of_o arrius_n but_o those_o two_o only_o do_v in_o a_o eminent_a manner_n oppose_v the_o design_n of_o these_o heretic_n which_o be_v cover_v over_o with_o specious_a pretence_n of_o peace_n and_o sincerity_n of_o belief_n so_o as_o to_o impose_v in_o a_o manner_n upon_o the_o whole_a church_n but_o the_o number_n of_o that_o sect_n be_v no_o more_o 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