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A08327 The guide of faith, or, A third part of the antidote against the pestiferous writings of all English sectaries and in particuler, agaynst D. Bilson, D. Fulke, D. Reynoldes, D. Whitaker, D. Field, D. Sparkes, D. White, and M. Mason, the chiefe vpholders, some of Protestancy, and some of Puritanisme : wherein the truth, and perpetuall visible succession of the Catholique Roman Church, is cleerly demonstrated / by S.N. ... S. N. (Sylvester Norris), 1572-1630. 1621 (1621) STC 18659; ESTC S1596 198,144 242

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unto_o death_n in_o this_o deadly_a schism_n and_o unreconcilable_a hatred_n the_o one_o against_o the_o other_o to_o leave_v foreign_a contention_n and_o speak_v of_o domestical_a 138._o whitak_n contro_fw-la 2._o quaest_n 6._o c._n 3._o fulke_o in_o cap._n 11._o matt._n sect_n 5._o hooker_n it_o be_v in_o his_o eccl._n poli_fw-fr lib._n 2._o pa_n 101._o co._n in_o his_o def_n etc._n etc._n art_n 7._o pag._n 54._o perkins_n in_o his_o refor_o catholikp_n 55._o abbot_n in_o his_o def_n etc._n etc._n c._n 3._o se_fw-la 8._o 9_o &_o 10_o spark_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o m._n john_n d'albin_n f._n 281._o 28_n 283._o whitak_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la field_n l._n 3._o cap._n 22._o foe_n 118._o 119._o ouerall_a in_o the_o confer_v pa_n 41._o 42._o fulke_o in_o c._n 3._o joan_n sect_n 2._o &_o in_o 2d_o actorum_fw-la sect_n 10._o whitak●r_fw-la contro_fw-la 1._o quaest_n 6._o c._n 3._o whit_n ibid._n 57_o bill_n in_o his_o true_a difference_n etc._n etc._n p._n 4._o p._n 586._o 587_o casaub_n 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