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A43790
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Dissertation concerning the antiquity of churches wherein is shewn, that the Christians in the two first centuries, had no such publick separate places for worship, as the papists generally, and some Protestants also presume, and plead for.
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Hill, Joseph, 1625-1707.
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Wing H1999; ESTC R19760
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full_a of_o mercy_n etc._n etc._n and_o oh_o that_o it_o have_v not_o prevail_v among_o protestant_n to_o the_o great_a scandal_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o peace_n and_o his_o peaceable_a gospel_n which_o they_o profess_v it_o be_v far_o more_o tolerable_a in_o the_o gentile_n who_o have_v only_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n for_o their_o guide_n as_o the_o roman_n who_o yet_o tolerate_v the_o nation_n they_o conquer_a to_o retain_v their_o religion_n not_o only_a gentilism_n but_o judaisme_n also_o both_o in_o judea_n and_o in_o their_o dispersion_n in_o the_o roman_a territory_n the_o jew_n have_v before_o submit_v to_o the_o roman_a government_n and_o become_v their_o tributary_n when_o subdue_v by_o pompey_n by_o reason_n whereof_o the_o christian_n come_v from_o jerusalem_n and_o pass_v in_o the_o empire_n a_o while_n at_o the_o first_o for_o jew_n who_o synagogue_n they_o use_v then_o to_o frequent_v pass_v undiscerned_a without_o persecution_n till_o afterward_o that_o they_o be_v 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