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A74947 Rayling rebuked: or, A defence of the ministers of this nation: by way of answer to the unparrallel'd calumnies cast upon them in an epistle lately published by Thomas Speed merchant of Bristol, unhappily become the Quakers advocate. Wherein, some Scriptures are opened, and diverse things objected by the Quakers, examined and answered. With an hortatory epistle prefixed to fasten Christians to Jesus Christ in these un-glewing times, wherein so many play fast and loose with him. By William Thomas minister of the Gospel at Ubley. Thomas, William, 1593-1667. 1656 (1656) Thomason E883_5; ESTC R207300 68,071 90

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3._o 3._o heb._n 2._o 3._o 3._o 2_o tim._n 2._o 3._o 6._o 2_o pet._n 3._o 16._o 16._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 3_o 3_o jam._n 2._o 1._o 1._o isa_n 66._o 2._o 2._o rom._n 6._o 17_o 17_o 1_o tim._n 6._o 3_o 4._o gal._n 3._o 1._o 1._o rom._n 10._o 2._o 2._o rom._n 10._o 3_o 3_o gal._n 4._o 17._o 17._o 2_o tim._n 4._o 10._o 10._o heb._n 10._o 23._o 24_o 25._o 25._o mat._n 3._o 16_o 16_o the_o world_n wonder_n or_o the_o quaker_n blaze_v star_n p_o 33._o 54._o 54._o chron._n 24._o 7_o 7_o gal._n 1._o 6._o 6._o heb._n 13._o 17._o 17._o act_n 13._o ●_o 9_o 10._o 10._o gal._n 4._o 15_o 15_o 2_o sam._n 16._o ●1_n ●1_n psa_fw-la 122._o 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o isa_n 56._o 6._o they_o that_o join_v themselves_o to_o the_o lord_n &_o to_o his_o servant_n keep_v the_o sabboath_n sabboath_n john_n 8._o 44._o 2_o cor._n 11._o 3._o 3._o 1_o king_n 22._o 21_o 22._o 22._o 2_o thes_n 2._o 2_o 3._o see_v the_o book_n call_v a_o faithful_a discovery_n of_o a_o treacherous_a design_n p._n 18_o 19_o 12_o cor._n 11._o q3_n 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14._o 14._o read_v more_o of_o this_o in_o m._n baker_n qua_fw-la ker_n catichisme_n p._n 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mark_v 12._o 38._o compare_v with_o 1_o sam._n 2._o 16._o gen._n 34._o 19_o vide_fw-la beram_fw-la in_o locum_fw-la significatur_fw-la voluntas_fw-la cum_fw-la summa_fw-la cupiditate_fw-la conjuncta_fw-la conjuncta_fw-la gal._n 4._o 29._o with_o gen._n 21._o 9_o 9_o see_v this_o about_o indenture_n answer_v in_o the_o 7._o article_n of_o his_o scoff_a charge_n 1_o cor._n 9_o