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A13949 Three small and plaine treatises 1. Of prayer or actiue 2. Of principles, or positiue 3. Resolutions, or oppositiue Diuinitie. Translated and collected out of the auncient writers for the priuate vse of a most noble ladie. By an old praebendary of the Church of Lincolne. Williams, John, 1582-1650. 1620 (1620) STC 24259; ESTC S102025 30,759 166

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pag._n 342._o papist_n 103._o papist_n russic_n conun_n c._n 23._o p._n 103._o russeist_n 5._o russeist_n sle._n hist_o l._n 5._o anabaptist_n confess_v anabaptist_n allens_n confess_v familist_n and_o 16._o and_o protest_v p._n 16._o puritan_n hold_v no_o church_n a_o church_n of_o god_n but_o his_o own_o conventicle_n and_o all_o to_o be_v damn_v that_o be_v not_o of_o his_o society_n and_o combination_n now_o what_o belief_n you_o shall_v afford_v these_o bouteseux_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n that_o dispose_n of_o heaven_n and_o hell_n as_o if_o it_o be_v their_o own_o fee-simple_n i_o leave_v to_o your_o wisdom_n and_o common_a understanding_n pap._n i_o think_v you_o now_o put_v i_o in_o mind_n of_o another_o objection_n which_o usual_o we_o make_v against_o the_o protestant_n of_o england_n that_o they_o bring_v in_o too_o much_o good_a fellowship_n in_o religion_n and_o make_v salvation_n a_o flower_n which_o grow_v in_o every_o man_n garden_n see_v that_o according_a to_o 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