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A42048
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The grand presvmption of the Roman Church in equalling their own traditions to the written word of God by Francis Gregory.
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Gregory, Francis, 1625?-1707.
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Wing G1894; ESTC R13146
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many_o command_n which_o the_o evangelist_n in_o that_o place_n have_v not_o set_v down_o but_o can_v the_o romanist_n make_v it_o out_o that_o no_o evangelist_n no_o apostle_n have_v set_v they_o down_o elsewhere_o locum_fw-la i_o grant_v indeed_o that_o if_o lorinus_n have_v guess_v right_a at_o the_o subject_a matter_n of_o our_o saviour_n private_a discourse_n with_o his_o apostle_n after_o his_o resurrection_n there_o be_v little_a or_o nothing_o of_o it_o in_o our_o bibles_n for_o concern_v christ_n talk_n with_o his_o disciple_n this_o man_n as_o become_v a_o jesuit_n indeed_o give_v we_o his_o opinion_n thus_o exposuit_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la summi_fw-la pastoris_fw-la &_o hierarchiam_fw-la totam_fw-la ecclesiasticam_fw-la &_o formas_fw-la ritúsque_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la ac_fw-la inprimis_fw-la sacrificii_fw-la missae_fw-la cultum_fw-la &_o invocationem_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la dies_fw-la festos_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o declare_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o pope_n the_o 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