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A77496 Church reformation, tenderly handled in fovre sermons, preached at the weekly lecture in the parish church of Great Yarmouth. / By John Brinsley. Brinsley, John, 1600-1665. 1643 (1643) Wing B4711; Thomason E55_7; ESTC R14020 53,339 78

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27._o not_o anticipate_v it_o by_o take_v the_o fan_n out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o christ_n himself_o mat._n 13._o ●9_n 30._o his_o officer_n which_o be_v magistrate_n minister_n ezr._n 3._o 2._o cap._n 3._o 2._o cap._n 5._o 2._o cap._n 6._o 14._o cap._n 6._o 14._o cap_n 3._o 8_o 9_o 2_o chro._n 29._o 4_o 5_o the_o fan_n take_v out_o of_o their_o hand_n by_o rash_n censure_v ioh._n 7._o 51._o lev_n 13._o aynsworth_n ann._n lev._n 13_o 3._o deut._n 21._o ●_z eze._n 44_o 23_o 24._o ver._n 24._o act._n 23._o 3._o deut._n 17._o 9_o ver._n 11._o luk._n 12._o 14._o mal._n ●7_n vnwarrantable_a reform_v ioh._n 2._o 18._o calv._n ad_fw-la lo●um_fw-la exod._n 32_o 20._o ●_z kin._n 18._o 4._o 2_o king_n 23._o 6._o in_fw-la public●_fw-la administration_fw-la fas_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la quicquid_fw-la mutare_fw-la sine_fw-la certâ_fw-la vocatione_fw-la ac_fw-la mandato_fw-la dei_fw-la calv._n in_o ioh._n 2._o 18._o si_fw-la ad_fw-la corruptelas_fw-la tollendas_fw-la privatus_fw-la homo_fw-la 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