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A17144 An apologie for religion, or an answere to an vnlearned and slanderous pamphlet intituled: Certaine articles, or forcible reasons discouering the palpable absurdities, and most notorious errors of the Protestants religion, pretended to be printed at Antwerpe 1600. By Edvvard Bulkley Doctor of Diuinitie Bulkley, Edward, d. 1621?; Wright, Thomas, d. 1624. Certaine articles or forcible reasons. 1602 (1602) STC 4025; ESTC S106873 145,731 186

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there_o scarce_o leave_v any_o one_o untouched_a and_o because_o this_o man_n complain_v so_o much_o of_o our_o dissolution_n and_o looseness_n of_o life_n i_o will_v add_v hereunto_o a_o few_o complaint_n of_o some_o papist_n of_o the_o great_a and_o general_a dissolution_n looseness_n and_o profaneness_n of_o life_n of_o former_a age_n when_o popery_n most_o flourish_v the_o same_o aeneas_n siluius_n who_o live_v above_o eight_o score_n year_n past_a write_v we_o usque_fw-la adeo_fw-la apud_fw-la homines_fw-la nostri_fw-la alphonsi_fw-la seculi_fw-la divina_fw-la &_o humana_fw-la perierunt_fw-la that_o be_v so_o great_o both_o divine_a and_o humane_a thing_n be_v perish_v with_o man_n of_o our_o age_n again_o quid_fw-la magis_fw-la barbarum_fw-la quam_fw-la rapto_fw-la vivere_fw-la &_o omnem_fw-la aequitatem_fw-la omnemque_fw-la religionem_fw-la proculcare_fw-la quem_fw-la italicum_fw-la morem_fw-la esse_fw-la videmus_fw-la that_o be_v what_o be_v more_o barbarous_a then_o to_o 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