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concurrant_fw-la and_o boves_fw-la daemonum_fw-la solet_fw-la sacrificio_fw-la multos_fw-la occidere_fw-la debet_fw-la etiam_fw-la hâc_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la aliqua_fw-la solemnitas_fw-la immutari_fw-la vel_fw-la natalitiis_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la nec_fw-la diabolo_fw-la jam_fw-la animalia_fw-la immolent_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la laudem_fw-la dei_fw-la in_fw-la esu_fw-la suo_fw-la animalia_fw-la occident_n and_o add_v very_o good_a reason_n as_o well_o proper_a to_o we_o nam_fw-la duris_fw-la mentibus_fw-la simul_fw-la omnia_fw-la abscindere_fw-la impossibile_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la dubium_fw-la est_fw-la bed_n eccl._n hist._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 30._o in_o his_o gospel_n liberty_n iuris_fw-la naturalis_fw-la esse_fw-la colligitur_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la inter_fw-la omnes_fw-la gentes_fw-la aut_fw-la moratiores_fw-la tale_fw-la esse_fw-la creditur_fw-la grotius_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la bel._n and_o pacis_fw-la p._n 6._o *_o as_o grotius_n hooker_n selden_n act._n 19_o 32._o be_v either_o kyrk_n or_o kirk_n kyrk_n autem_fw-la kerk_n and_o church_n sensu_fw-la primario_fw-la significant_fw-la curiacam_fw-la seu_fw-la dominicam_fw-la domum_fw-la seld._n de_fw-fr syn._n p._n 276._o as_o the_o word_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o import_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n john_n 4._o vers._n 23._o euseb._n eccle._n hist._n lib._n 6._o 53._o act._n 19_o 37._o rom._n 2._o 22._o see_v sir_n hen._n spelman_n de_fw-fr non_fw-la temerandis_fw-la esclesiis_fw-la and_o mr._n clark_n mirror_n of_o god_n judgement_n in_o tit._n sacrilege_n pub_fw-la 1654._o in_o annot._n cas._n p._n 31._o miror_fw-la non_fw-la terreri_fw-la choose_fw-la qui_fw-la vetus_fw-la testamentum_fw-la legunt_fw-la achanis_fw-la qui_fw-la novum_fw-la ananiae_fw-la example_n and_o haec_fw-la vel_fw-la praecipua_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la cur_fw-la â—am_fw-la diu_fw-la bella_fw-it durant_fw-mi non_fw-la tanum_fw-la quià _fw-la propter_fw-la ist_fw-mi a_o utrinq_fw-fr bellatur_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la contemptum_fw-la sui_fw-la sic_fw-la ulciscitur_fw-la levit._n 36._o 37._o a_o remarkable_a passage_n or_o prophesy_v of_o sir_n wa._n raleigh_n in_o histo._n of_o the_o world_n pag._n 249._o gosp_n lib._n p._n 58._o p._n 117._o 13_o 15._o aug._n epist._n 86._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o allude_v to_o the_o hebrew_n babel_n and_o prophanatio_fw-la a_fw-la fano_fw-la 1_o cor._n 12._o de_fw-la ea_fw-la exterminanda_fw-la cogitare_fw-la immanem_fw-la esse_fw-la barbariem_fw-la instit._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 20._o 1_o cor._n 12._o v._n 28._o 2_o cor._n 2._o illi_fw-la professioni_fw-la prae_fw-la difficultate_fw-la spirand_n ac_fw-la dolore_fw-la pectoris_fw-la non_fw-la sufficerem_fw-la conf._n lib._n 9_o cap._n 5._o iosh._n 9_o nisi_fw-la quis_fw-la apud_fw-la heb._n 30._o ann._n impleverit_fw-la nec_fw-la principia_fw-la geneseos_fw-la legere_fw-la permittitur_fw-la seld._n de_fw-la suc_o heb._n p._n 442._o llanbadarn_n vaur_n in_o cardigan_n shire_n tithe_n such_o as_o eton_n and_o winche_v a_o honest_a way_n for_o a_o college_n revenue_n *_o and_o some_o be_v opinion_v there_o may_v a_o easy_a discovery_n out_o of_o such_o profit_n that_o may_v without_o offence_n to_o any_o be_v find_v for_o the_o advance_n of_o so_o pious_a a_o design_n grave_n excitarunt_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la iurbas_fw-la nec_fw-la tumultuari_fw-la desinunt_fw-la instit._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 16._o act_n 10._o fact_n tatum_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_fw-la uâ—terâ—ri_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la 〈◊〉_d and_o aug._n constat_fw-la instit._n cap._n 16._o lib._n 4._o sect._n 30._o 1_o cor._n cap._n 15._o v._n 29._o quos_fw-la pleno_fw-la lucis_fw-la suae_fw-la fulgore_fw-la illusttraturus_fw-la est_fw-la dominis_fw-la cur_fw-la non_fw-la iis_fw-la si_fw-la ita_fw-la libuerit_fw-la exigua_fw-la scintilla_fw-la irradiaret_fw-la and_o sect._n 19_o ut_fw-la suprâ—_z object_n et_fw-la â—ignabor_fw-la signo_fw-la crucis_fw-la â—â—us_fw-la and_o jam_fw-la iâ—de_fw-la ab_fw-la utero_fw-la matris_fw-la mea_fw-la conf._n 167_o cap._n 11_o flagâ—_z tavi_fw-la christi_fw-la mei_fw-la baptismum_fw-la and_o dilata_fw-la est_fw-la itaque_fw-la innundatio_fw-la mea_fw-la ibid._n ubi_fw-la gratia_fw-la illa_fw-la conferri_fw-la defiâ—a_fw-la quorâ—um_fw-la pertinet_fw-la manu_fw-la impopositio_fw-la iâ—sl_fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 19_o talem_fw-la ergo_fw-la manuum_fw-la impositionem_fw-la laudo_fw-la et_fw-la restitutum_fw-la in_fw-la purum_fw-la usum_fw-la velim_fw-la sect._n 4._o ibid._n hac_fw-la disciplina_fw-la parentum_fw-la ignavia_fw-la accuerur_fw-la major_fw-la in_fw-la populo_fw-la christiano_fw-la fidei_fw-la consensus_fw-la nec_fw-la temere_fw-la novis_fw-la et_fw-la peregrinis_fw-la dogmatibus_fw-la abriperentur_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n dr._n taylor_n in_o the_o great_a exemplar_n etc._n etc._n part._n 3._o 122._o marriage_n and_o burial_n †_o that_o be_v some_o presence_n of_o the_o minister_n see_v godw._n antiq._n 285._o see_v rab_n modena_n trans_fw-la 1654._o the_o humiliation_n 24_o of_o march_n 1654._o motive_n 1._o in_o dedon_n 1._o p._n 1_o cor._n 11._o v._n 19_o in_o his_o speculum_fw-la europae_fw-la or_o vie_v of_o religion_n in_o the_o western_a part_n of_o the_o world_n p._n 139._o p._n 201._o in_o annot._n in_o cass._n and_o certain_o no_o other_o great_a mean_n to_o advance_v the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n dr._n hall_n serm._n pet._n 4._o 8._o