Selected quad for the lemma: land_n
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A50949
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The reason of church-government urg'd against prelaty by Mr. John Milton ; in two books.
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Milton, John, 1608-1674.
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1641
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Wing M2175; ESTC R3223
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not_o and_o he_o that_o say_v it_o be_v be_v a_o anabaptist_n what_o think_v you_o readeâ—_z do_v you_o not_o understand_v he_o what_o can_v be_v gather_v hence_o but_o that_o the_o prelate_n will_v still_o sacrifice_v conceive_v he_o reader_n he_o will_v missificate_v their_o altarâ—_z indeed_o be_v in_o a_o fair_a forwardness_n and_o by_o such_o argument_n as_o the_o they_o be_v set_v up_o the_o melt_a calf_n of_o their_o masseagaine_n and_o of_o their_o great_a hierarch_n the_o pope_n for_o if_o the_o type_n of_o priest_n be_v not_o take_v away_o then_o neither_o of_o the_o high_a priest_n it_o be_v a_o strange_a beheâ—_z ding_v and_o high_a priest_n more_o than_o one_o there_o can_v be_v and_o that_o oâ—_z e_fw-it can_v be_v no_o less_o than_o a_o pope_n and_o this_o doubtless_o be_v the_o bent_n of_o his_o career_n though_o never_o so_o covert_o yea_o but_o there_o be_v something_o else_o in_o the_o high_a priest_n beside_o the_o figure_n as_o be_v plain_a by_o s._n paul_n 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