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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06347	An excellent and plaine discourse of the church, whereby the godlie may knowe and discerne the true Church, from the Romish Church, and all other false and counterfet churches, as well for matters of doctrine, as discipline, &c. Written in Frenche by M. Bartrand de Loque, a godlie minister of Dolphenine. And faithfully translated into English, by M.T.W. Seene and allowed; Traité de l'eglise. English	Loque, Bertrand de.; T. W. (Thomas Wilcox), 1549?-1608.	1582 (1582)	STC 16813; ESTC S103377	172,896	422

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mark_n thereof_o pag._n 14_o chap._n 4._o whether_o the_o true_a mark_n of_o the_o church_n be_v to_o be_v find_v amongst_o the_o romish_a catholic_n pag._n 19_o chap._n 5._o of_o the_o call_n &_o succession_n of_o pastor_n pa._n 24._o chap._n 6._o that_o the_o church_n have_v always_o be_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n be_v and_o shall_v be_v unto_o the_o end_n thereof_o but_o yet_o the_o church_n must_v not_o be_v regard_v or_o acknowledge_v for_o the_o great_a number_n sake_n pag._n 55._o chap._n 7._o that_o jesus_n christ_n alone_o be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o church_n and_o not_o saint_n peter_n neither_o any_o pope_n pag._n 68_o chap._n 8._o whether_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v the_o true_a and_o catholic_a church_n and_o whether_o we_o do_v well_o to_o withdraw_v or_o separate_v ourselves_o from_o it_o pag._n 102._o chap._n 9_o touch_v the_o degree_n of_o minister_n in_o the_o church_n where_o also_o speech_n be_v have_v of_o the_o order_n of_o the_o pope_n 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9.10_o isaiah_n 8._o for_o 10.11.13.16_o isaiah_n 26._o for_o 10.11_o isaiah_n 28._o for_o 9.12.13_o isaiah_n 30._o for_o 9.15_o isaiah_n 42._o for_o 19.20_o isaiah_n 48._o for_o 4._o isaiah_n 65._o ver_fw-la 11._o jeremiah_n 2._o jeremi_n jeremi_n for_o 24.29_o unto_o the_o 33._o ver_fw-la jeremiah_n 5._o for_o 3._o unto_o the_o 8._o ver_fw-la and_o ver_fw-la 20._o of_o the_o same_o chap._n unto_o ver_fw-la 25._o jeremiah_n 6._o ver_fw-la 10._o in_o every_o verse_n almost_o unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o chapter_n jeremiah_n 7._o for_o 24._o unto_o the_o 28._o ver_fw-la jeremiah_n 8._o for_o 4._o unto_o ver_fw-la 8._o jeremiah_n 17._o for_o 1.23_o jeremiah_n 10._o for_o 11.15_o jeremiah_n 25._o for_o 4.8_o jeremiah_n 29._o for_o 17.20_o jeremiah_n 35._o for_o 13.16_o jeremiah_n 43._o for_o 2._o jeremiah_n 44._o for_o 7.10.11.16.20_o ezechiel_n 2._o ezechi_n ezechi_n for_o 3._o unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o chapter_n ezechiel_n 3._o for_o 5.10.26.27_o ezechiel_n 4._o ver_fw-la 3._o hosea_n hosea_n ezechiel_n 12._o for_o 2._o hosea_n 4._o througout_n the_o whole_a chapter_n hosea_n 5._o for_o 4._o amos_n 4._o matthew_n amos._n zephaniah_n zachariah_n proverb_n matthew_n for_o 6._o unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o chapter_n zephaniah_n 3._o for_o 5._o zechariah_n 7._o for_o 11._o unto_o the_o end_n proverb_n 1._o ve_fw-la 24._o unto_o the_o end_n matth_n 11._o for_o 16.17.21_o and_o so_o unto_o the_o 25._o ver_fw-la matth._n 12._o ver_fw-la 41.42_o mat._n 23._o ver_fw-la 37._o touch_v the_o pastor_n special_o and_o particular_o see_v isaiah_n 56._o for_o 10.11_o jeremiah_n 6._o for_o 13._o jeremiah_n 14._o ver_fw-la 14._o jeremiah_n 23._o ver_fw-la 1.2_o etc._n etc._n ezechiel_n 22._o for_o 25.26.28_o ezechiel_n 34._o for_o 23.4_o etc._n etc._n hosea_n 9_o for_o 8._o 1._o king_n 22._o ver_fw-la 6._o john_n 7._o for_o 47._o chap._n xiii_o whether_o the_o church_n be_v above_o the_o holy_a scripture_n that_o be_v to_o say_v whether_o the_o holy_a scripture_n depend_v 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forth_o the_o authority_n and_o credit_n thereof_o unto_o us._n let_v we_o hear_v what_o saint_n augustine_n say_v hereof_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o truth_n say_v he_o be_v fruitful_a and_o plentiful_a 1._o augu._n de_fw-fr assumpt_n virg._n mart._n cap._n 1._o and_o if_o she_o be_v diligent_o examine_v man_n shall_v find_v that_o of_o herself_o she_o make_v herself_o to_o be_v sufficient_o know_v wherefore_o alfonsus_n de_fw-fr castro_n have_v sometime_o say_v haereses_fw-la alfonsus_n de_fw-fr cast_n li._n 1._o ca._n 8._o cont_n haereses_fw-la see_v that_o the_o holy_a scripture_n be_v come_v forth_o from_o god_n it_o have_v of_o itself_o already_o deserve_v that_o we_o shall_v give_v trust_n unto_o it_o and_o believe_v it_o and_o when_o the_o church_n publish_v this_o that_o it_o be_v give_v by_o god_n she_o do_v whole_o even_o as_o a_o witness_n which_o bear_v witness_n to_o some_o thing_n so_o that_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o scripture_n be_v certain_a not_o because_o of_o 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furnish_v we_o withal_o when_o he_o say_v that_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o believe_v every_o spirit_n 1._o 1_o joh._n 4._o 1._o but_o to_o try_v and_o prove_v the_o spirit_n whether_o they_o be_v of_o god_n or_o no._n and_o what_o shall_v be_v the_o mean_a and_o way_n of_o this_o trial_n and_o examination_n even_o the_o word_n of_o god_n as_o we_o see_v that_o thereby_o the_o man_n of_o berea_n 17.11_o act._n 17.11_o do_v prove_v s._n paul_n his_o spirit_n and_o doctrine_n and_o to_o this_o mean_a do_v chrysostome_n send_v we_o when_o he_o say_v thus_o many_o boast_n of_o the_o spirit_n spirit_n chrysost_n de_fw-fr sanct_n &_o adorand_n spirit_n but_o they_o which_o bring_v any_o thing_n of_o their_o own_o do_v false_o pretend_v the_o same_o as_o christ_n witness_v that_o he_o speak_v not_o of_o himself_o because_o that_o his_o doctrine_n

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