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assure_v we_o hereof_o
treatise_n de_fw-fr tribus_fw-la symbolis_fw-la as_o any_o thing_n else_o which_o come_v from_o your_o learned_a pen_n be_v please_v i_o pray_v you_o so_o soon_o as_o it_o be_v print_v to_o send_v it_o unto_o my_o son-in-law_n mr._n john_n attwood_n counsellor_n at_o law_n in_o grays-inn_n who_o will_v speedy_o hasten_v it_o unto_o i_o unto_o who_o likewise_o i_o entreat_v your_o lordship_n to_o deliver_v the_o key_n of_o my_o study_n lest_o when_o i_o come_v to_o town_n i_o shall_v miss_v of_o it_o if_o your_o lordship_n go_v into_o the_o country_n thus_o with_o remembrance_n of_o my_o ever_o bind_a respect_n i_o take_v my_o leave_n remain_v as_o ever_o your_o lordship_n true_o devote_a friend_n and_o servant_n pat._n young_a broomefield_n the_o 25_o of_o june_n 1647._o letter_n ccxx_o a_o letter_n from_o the_o most_o reverend_a james_n usher_n archbishop_n of_o armagh_n to_o d._n fredericus_fw-la spanhemius_fw-la admodum_fw-la reverendo_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la fratti_fw-la d._n frederico_n spanhemio_n academiae_fw-la lugduno-batavae_a pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la rectori_fw-la dignissimo_fw-la leydam_n et_fw-la tuam_fw-la de_fw-fr gratiâ_fw-la disputationem_fw-la uberrimam_fw-la &_o funebrem_fw-la aransicani_n principis_fw-la laudationem_fw-la accepi_fw-la spanhemi_fw-fr charissime_fw-la atque_fw-la in_o utraque_fw-la tum_fw-la ingenii_fw-la acumen_fw-la tum_fw-la facundiam_fw-la singularem_fw-la &_o perspexi_fw-la &_o admiratus_fw-la sum_fw-la quas_fw-la tamen_fw-la dote_v in_o priore_fw-la argumento_fw-la adversus_fw-la commune_v gratiae_n adversarios_fw-la intendendas_fw-la multò_fw-la magis_fw-la optavissem_fw-la quam_fw-la adversus_fw-la amicos_fw-la idem_fw-la bellum_fw-la adversus_fw-la pelagianos_fw-la &_o semipelagianos_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la professos_fw-la licet_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o circumstantiis_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la nonnihil_fw-la dissidentes_fw-la de_fw-la quâ_fw-la controversiâ_fw-la quaenam_fw-la moderatiorum_fw-la apud_fw-la 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de_fw-fr mariano_n scoto_n edendo_fw-la nùm_fw-la omnem_fw-la cogitationem_fw-la abjeceris_fw-la admodum_fw-la scire_fw-la aveo_fw-la j._n u._n a._n londini_fw-la xiii_o kalend._n augusti_fw-la anno_fw-la m._n dc_o xlvii_o letter_n ccxxii_o a_o letter_n from_o the_o reverend_n dr._n barlow_n now_o bishop_n of_o lincoln_n to_o the_o most_o reverend_a james_n usher_n archbishop_n of_o armagh_n my_o lord_n i_o do_v receive_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o mr._n tozer_n your_o grace_n tract_n de_fw-fr symbolis_fw-la for_o which_o great_a honour_n do_v unto_o i_o this_o piece_n of_o paper_n come_v to_o return_v my_o most_o humble_a and_o hearty_a thanks_o i_o confess_v i_o have_v ever_o be_v inquisitive_a after_o your_o grace_n write_n and_o think_v myself_o happy_a when_o i_o have_v find_v they_o for_o i_o be_v never_o deceive_v in_o my_o expectation_n but_o ever_o find_v old_a orthodox_n truth_n maintain_v upon_o just_a and_o carry_v ground_n which_o elsewhere_o i_o have_v often_o seek_v but_o 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that_o the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la be_v only_o simplices_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la
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