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B02310
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An answer, to a little book call'd Protestancy to be embrac'd or, A new and infallible method to reduce Romanists from popery to Protestancy
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Con, Alexander.
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1686
(1686)
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Wing C5682; ESTC R171481
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80,364
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whole_a people_n exod._n 32_o v._o 11._o when_o he_o beseech_v god_n to_o remember_v abraham_n isaac_n &_o c_o and_o be_v not_o god_n pacify_v therewith_o v._o 14._o note_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n they_o do_v not_o say_v as_o we_o do_v now_o to_o saint_n pray_v for_o we_o because_o the_o father_n be_v not_o yet_o in_o heaven_n nor_o see_v god_n the_o way_n into_o the_o holy_a of_o all_o be_v not_o yet_o make_v manifest_a while_n as_o the_o first_o tabernacle_n be_v yet_o stand_v heb._n 9_o v._o 8._o i_o avow_v than_o we_o mind_v indeed_o sick_a people_n invock_n jesus_n and_o marry_n together_o but_o in_o a_o different_a way_n jesus_n to_o save_v they_o and_o mary_n to_o pray_v he_o for_o they_o if_o some_o simple_a people_n rely_v more_o on_o what_o they_o do_v then_o on_o what_o christ_n do_v