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A15828 A treatise of the honor of Gods house: or, The true paterne of the Church, shewed in the parts and pietie of it with a discovery of the true cause and cure of our present contentions, and an answer of such objections as may offend the weake. Yates, John, d. ca. 1660. 1637 (1637) STC 26089; ESTC S120542 57,719 94

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apostle_n so_o our_o fellowship_n and_o all_o proof_n of_o succession_n in_o the_o ministry_n be_v take_v from_o thence_o tertull._n lib._n the_o prescript_n c._n 32._o evolvant_fw-la ordinem_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la suorum_fw-la it_o a_o per_fw-la successiones_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la decurrentem_fw-la ut_fw-la primus_fw-la ille_fw-la episcopus_fw-la aliquem_fw-la ex_fw-la apostolis_n vel_fw-la apostolicis_fw-la viris_fw-la qui_fw-la tamen_fw-la cum_fw-la apostolis_n perseverarit_fw-la habuerint_fw-la auctorem_fw-la &_o antecessorem_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la medo_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la census_fw-la suos_fw-la deferunt_fw-la sic_fw-la smyrnaeorum_n ecclesia_fw-la habens_fw-la polycarpum_fw-la à_fw-la joanne_n collocatumrefert_fw-la sicut_fw-la romanorum_fw-la clementem_fw-la à_fw-la petro_n ordinatum_fw-la edit_fw-la let_v they_o examine_v the_o order_n of_o their_o bishop_n that_o so_o have_v hold_v by_o succession_n from_o the_o beginning_n that_o that_o first_o 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