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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77236	Several treatises of vvorship & ceremonies, by the Reverend Mr. William Bradshaw, one of the first Fellows of Sydney Colledge in Cambridge; afterward minister of Chattam in Kent, 1601. Known by his learned treatise De justificatione. 1. A consideration of certain positions archiepiscopal. 2. A treatise of divine worship, tending to prove the ceremonies, imposed on the ministers of the Gospel in England, in present controversie, are in their use unlawful. Printed 1604. 3. A treatise of the nature and use of things indifferent. 1605. 4. English Puritanism, containing the main opinions of the ridgedest sort of those called Puritans in the realm of England. 1604. 5. Twelve general arguments, proving the ceremonies unlawful. 1605. 6. A proposition concerning kneeling in the very act of receiving, 1605. 7. A protestation of the Kings supremacy, made in the name of the afflicted ministers, and oposed to the shameful calumniations of the prelates. 1605. 8. A short treatise of the cross in baptism.	Bradshaw, William, 1571-1618.	1660 (1660)	Wing B4161; Thomason E1044_5; ESTC R20875	92,680	129

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and_o so_o forbear_v to_o have_v any_o further_a charge_n over_o he_o until_o god_n shall_v work_v the_o grace_n of_o repentance_n in_o he_o in_o this_o manner_n they_o be_v to_o proceed_v against_o all_o apparent_a and_o evident_a crime_n only_o as_o murder_n adultery_n theft_n blasphemy_n ribaldery_n lie_v slander_v profanation_n of_o the_o sabothe_n contempt_n of_o divine_a worship_n disobedience_n to_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n etc._n etc._n neither_o ought_v the_o extreme_a of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n any_o whit_n hinder_v the_o course_n of_o justice_n that_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n be_v to_o exercise_v against_o the_o same_o crime_n for_o if_o a_o traitor_n himself_o shall_v be_v penitent_a the_o church_n ought_v to_o forgive_v he_o and_o love_o to_o embrace_v he_o as_o a_o son_n but_o the_o magistrate_n ought_v to_o execute_v he_o if_o he_o shall_v be_v obstinate_a in_o that_o crime_n as_o the_o magistrate_n ought_v to_o cut_v he_o off_o

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