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A56144 Canterburies doome, or, The first part of a compleat history of the commitment, charge, tryall, condemnation, execution of William Laud, late Arch-bishop of Canterbury containing the severall orders, articles, proceedings in Parliament against him, from his first accusation therein, till his tryall : together with the various evidences and proofs produced against him at the Lords Bar ... : wherein this Arch-prelates manifold trayterous artifices to usher in popery by degrees, are cleerly detected, and the ecclesiasticall history of our church-affaires, during his pontificall domination, faithfully presented to the publike view of the world / by William Prynne, of Lincolns Inne, Esquire ... Prynne, William, 1600-1669. 1646 (1646) Wing P3917; ESTC R19620 792,548 593

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the_o midst_n as_o eusebius_n ecclesia_fw-la hist._n l._n 10._o c._n 4._o record_n in_o express_a term_n altarique_fw-la denique_fw-la tanquam_fw-la sancto_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la in_o medio_fw-la sanctv_n arii_n sito_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v story_v by_o socrates_n scolasticus_fw-la ecclesiast_n hist_o l._n 5._o c._n 22_o and_o nicephorus_n ecclesiast_n hist_o l._n 12._o c._n 34._o that_o in_o the_o great_a church_n of_o antioch_n in_o syria_n the_o altar_n stand_v not_o to_o the_o east_n but_o towards_o the_o west_n part_n of_o the_o church_n sacra_fw-la ara_n non_fw-la ad_fw-la orientem_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la occidentem_fw-la versus_fw-la collata_fw-la fuerat_fw-la and_o so_o not_o altarwise_a as_o this_o archbishop_n pretend_v w●llafridus_n strabus_n de_fw-fr r●bus_fw-la ecclesiastis_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 19_o record_n that_o in_o the_o temple_n only_o build_v to_o god_n or_o cleanse_v from_o the_o filthiness_n of_o idol_n the_o altar_n be_v place_v towards_o divers_a climate_n according_a to_o the_o conveniency_n of_o