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A fourth letter to a person of quality, being an historical account of the doctrine of the Sacrament, from the primitive times to the Council of Trent shewing the novelty of transubstantiation.
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Pelling, Edward, d. 1718.
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1688
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Wing P1081; ESTC R274
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tantam_fw-la injuriam_fw-la sibimetipfis_fw-la fecerint_fw-la ut_fw-la amalarium_fw-la de_fw-la fedei_fw-la ratione_fw-la consulerent_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o verbit_fw-la &_o libris_fw-la suis_fw-la mendaciis_fw-la &_o erroribus_fw-la &_o fantasticis_fw-la atque_fw-la hereticis_fw-la disputationibus_fw-la plenis_fw-la omnes_fw-la pene_fw-la apud_fw-la frauciam_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la &_o nonnullas_fw-la etiam_fw-la aliarum_fw-la regiontum_fw-la quantum_fw-la in_o se_fw-la fult_fw-la infecit_fw-la atque_fw-la corrupit_fw-la etc._n etc._n eccles_n lug._n dunens_fw-la de_fw-fr tribute_n epistolis_fw-la bibliothec._n p_o 9_o have_v be_v consult_v in_o the_o cause_n against_o gotteschalchus_fw-la because_o he_o have_v do_v his_o endeavour_n to_o infect_v and_o corrupt_v all_o the_o hurche_n in_o france_n with_o lie_n and_o error_n and_o with_o fantastical_a and_o he_o retical_a disputation_n that_o his_o write_n ought_v to_o have_v be_v burn_v the_o error_n thus_o object_v against_o he_o seem_v 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