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make_v to_o the_o church_n a_o remarkable_a passage_n of_o m._n claude_n conser_n reflect_v 13._o p._n 460_o 461._o répon_n aâ—_n disc_n de_fw-fr m._n de_fw-fr condom_n pag._n 362._o â—bidem_fw-la rom._n 10._o 10._o matth._n 〈◊〉_d 19_o â—â—_o 1_o cor._n 5._o 5._o joan._n 17._o 23._o eph._n 5._o 30._o 1_o cor._n 6._o 16_o 17._o joan._n 6._o 52._o 58._o 59_o see_v the_o treatise_n of_o the_o communion_n under_o both_o kind_n p._n 9_o 23._o ibid._n p._n â—1_n ibid._n p._n 223._o répoâ—se_fw-fr au_fw-fr disc_n de_fw-fr m._n de_fw-fr con_v q._n 4._o p._n 102._o ibid._n p._n 100l_n ibid._n p_o 109._o ibid._n p._n 129._o ibid._n p._n 130._o &_o â—â—â—qu_fw-la rèspon_n au_fw-fr disc_fw-fr de_fw-fr m._n de_fw-fr condom_n p._n 106._o p._n 109._o p._n 333_o etc._n etc._n ix_o the_o blasphemy_n of_o the_o pretend_a pastoral_n letter_n against_o the_o catholic_a church_n yea_o and_o against_o the_o primitive_a church_n also_o x._o a_o exhortation_n to_o the_o new_a convert_v to_o invite_v they_o to_o the_o sacrament_n &_o above_o all_o to_o the_o holy_a eucharist_n that_o to_o communicate_v under_o one_o kind_n be_v sufficient_a testimony_n of_o m._n claude_n and_o of_o other_o minister_n john_n 20._o 22_o 23._o act_n 8._o 14._o 2_o chron._n 30._o 18_o 19_o 2_o cor._n 12._o 20._o 1_o cor._n 4._o 21._o 1_o thess_n 2._o 8._o ibid._n 19_o 20._o malac._n 4._o 6._o
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