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power_n	ceremony_n	church_n	rite_n	2,845	5	10.3412	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00294	A booke intituled, The English Protestants recantation, in mattersof religion wherein is demonstratiuely proued, by the writings of the principall, and best learned English Protestant bishops, and doctors, and rules of their religion, published allowed, or subscribed vnto, bythem, since the comminge of our King Iames into England, that not onely all generall grownds of diuinitie, are against the[m], but in euery particular cheife question, betweene Catholicks & them, they are in errour, by their owne iudgments : diuided accordingly, into two parts, whereof the first entreateth of those generall grounds, the other of such particular controuersies, whereby will also manifestely appeare the vanitie of D. Morton Protest. Bishop of Chester his boke called Appeale, or, Ansuueare to the Catholicke authour of thebooke entituled, The Protestants apologie.	Broughton, Richard.	1617 (1617)	STC 10414; ESTC S2109	209,404	418

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which_o cause_n d._n d●wname_n grant_v in_o this_o 106._o downam_n l._n 2._o antichrist_n pag._n 105._o 106._o manner_n that_o s._n augustine_n and_o victor_n vticensis_n in_o asrike_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o to_o adhere_v to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v a_o mark_n of_o a_o true_a catholic_a in_o those_o time_n which_o can_v not_o be_v except_o it_o be_v the_o command_a church_n and_o enfranchise_v from_o error_n neither_o do_v this_o doctor_n 107._o down_o su●_n pag._n 106._o 107._o deny_v but_o the_o bishop_n than_o do_v swear_v obedience_n to_o the_o pope_n and_o entreate_v of_o a_o bishop_n recanteinge_v his_o heresy_n he_o write_v thus_o he_o swear_v to_o renounce_v his_o former_a heresy_n and_o to_o profess_v and_o maintain_v that_o faith_n and_o religion_n which_o the_o bishop_n and_o church_n of_o rome_n do_v profess_v which_o be_v a_o thing_n in_o itself_o so_o absurd_a for_o bishop_n in_o that_o best_a time_n to_o do_v except_o they_o do_v hold_v the_o pope_n 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how_o far_o the_o compass_n precinct_n and_o bownd_n of_o their_o regiment_n shall_v extend_v who_o to_o who_o shall_v be_v obedient_a and_o subject_a who_o governor_n and_o superior_a i_o trust_v no_o man_n will_v be_v so_o obstinate_o wilful_a as_o to_o resist_v the_o holy_a ordinance_n of_o god_n his_o holy_a spouse_n our_o mother_n church_n the_o sacred_a primative_a pastor_n thereof_o renown_a saint_n and_o martyr_n and_o the_o sentence_n of_o our_o king_n himself_o before_o cite_v as_o to_o call_v these_o religeous_a ceremony_n now_o after_o so_o many_o hundred_o of_o year_n into_o question_n especial_o to_o use_v and_o conclude_v with_o d._n covell_n his_o word_n in_o this_o 65._o covell_n ex●m_fw-la pag._n 65._o point_n the_o primatyve_a counsel_n have_v condemn_v they_o as_o heretic_n only_o for_o be_v stiff_o opposite_a in_o this_o kind_n and_o again_o of_o such_o english_a protestant_n they_o have_v do_v nothing_o else_o but_o untile_v the_o 61._o pag._n 61._o house_n that_o 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of_o the_o power_n and_o eminency_n of_o priest_n by_o their_o 87._o covell_a def_n of_o hooker_n pag._n 87._o function_n and_o order_n in_o the_o external_a ceremony_n of_o imposition_n of_o hand_n he_o have_v these_o word_n to_o these_o parson_n god_n impart_v power_n over_o his_o mystical_a body_n which_o be_v the_o society_n of_o soul_n and_o over_o that_o natural_a which_o be_v himself_o for_o the_o knit_n of_o both_o in_o one_o a_o work_n which_o antiquity_n do_v call_v the_o make_n of_o christ_n body_n and_o in_o a_o other_o etc._n covel_n mod_a examinat_fw-la pag._n 105._o pag._n 115._o see_v d._n covell_n def_n of_o hooker_n pag._n 87._o 88_o 91._o and_o cite_v cap._n seq_n of_o character_n etc._n etc._n treatise_n thus_o the_o power_n of_o the_o ministry_n by_o blessing_n visible_a element_n it_o make_v they_o invisible_a grace_n it_o give_v daily_o the_o holy_a ghost_n it_o have_v to_o dispose_v of_o that_o flesh_n which_o be_v give_v for_o the_o life_n of_o the_o world_n 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