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A41785 The prisoner against the prelate, or, A dialogue between the common goal [ie. gaol] and Cathedral of Lincoln wherein the true faith and Church of Christ are briefly discovered & vindicated ... / written by a prisoner of the baptised churches in Lincolnshire. Grantham, Thomas, 1634-1692. 1662 (1662) Wing G1543; ESTC R14165 45,998 94

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cor._n 5._o 15._o rome_n 4._o 22_o 23_o 24_o rom._n 3._o 25_o 26._o aug._n in_o verb_n dom_fw-la serm_n 40._o aug._n lib._n cont_n felag_n c._n 21._o greg._n l._n 6_o ep_n 15._o eph._n 4._o 4._o act_n 5._o 31._o 1_o cor._n 6._o 11._o gal_n 5._o 22._o 23._o aug._n the_o civ_o dei_fw-la l._n 11._o c._n 10_o rupert_n in_o apoc._n c._n 13._o bernard_n serm_n conver_n paul_n joh._n 3._o 16._o eph._n 1_o 4._o 2_o thess_n 2._o 13._o rome_n 9_o 11_o psal_n 4._o 3._o amb._n in_o tit._n 3._o jerom_n apol_n ad_fw-la ruffin_n august_n judas_n 4._o 2_o thess_n 2_o 10_o 11_o 12._o rom._n 2._o 9_o 10_o 11._o amb._n l._n 2._o de_fw-la vocat_fw-la gent._n c._n 1._o etc._n etc._n 2._o aug_n 1_o cor._n 15._o 22._o mat._n 19_o 14._o aug_n cont_n ad_fw-la vers_fw-la aug._n mat._n 28._o 19_o 20._o mark_v 16._o 16._o act_n 2._o 38_o act_n 8._o 12_o &_o 18._o 12._o gal._n 4._o 22_o 23_o 24._o matth._n 3._o 8_o 9_o eph._n 5._o 11_o jerom_n in_o mat._n 28._o council_n of_o worm_n chap._n 5._o wilfrid_n strabo_n 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