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A42483 Hiera dakrya, Ecclesiae anglicanae suspiria, The tears, sighs, complaints, and prayers of the Church of England setting forth her former constitution, compared with her present condition : also the visible causes and probable cures of her distempers : in IV books / by John Gauden ... Gauden, John, 1605-1662. 1659 (1659) Wing G359; ESTC R7566 766,590 810

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negat_fw-la anathema_n fit_a conc._n gerundense_a anno_fw-la 517._o parvuli_fw-la si_fw-la infirmi_fw-la fuerint_fw-la etiam_fw-la eadem_fw-la die_fw-la qua_fw-la nati_fw-la sunt_fw-la si_fw-la oblati_fw-la fuerint_fw-la baptizentur_fw-la can._n 5._o conc._n bracarense_n a_o 572._o praecipiant_fw-la epis_fw-la ut_fw-la infant_n ad_fw-la baptismum_fw-la offerant_fw-la offerant_fw-la tert._n the_o bap_n c._n 18._o quid_fw-la festinat_fw-la innocens_fw-la aetas_fw-la ad_fw-la remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la anno_fw-la 850._o the_o reb_n eccl_n c._n 26._o 26._o ludou._n vives_n in_o l._n 1._o c._n 27._o aug._n the_o civ_o dei_fw-la dei_fw-la bellarm._n de_fw-fr baptis_n c._n 1._o par_fw-fr 3._o so_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n trent_n naz._n or_o 40._o de_fw-fr bapt._n bapt._n propriae_fw-la occultae_fw-la &_o privatae_fw-la opiniunculae_fw-la à_fw-la communis_fw-la generalis_fw-la &_o publicae_fw-la sententiae_fw-la autoritate_fw-la secretae_fw-la vin._n lir._n c._n 39_o 39_o consuetudo_fw-la matris_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la in_o baptizandis_fw-la parvulis_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la spernenda_fw-la nec_fw-la omnino_fw-la superflua_fw-la deputanda_fw-la nec_fw-la omnino_fw-la credenda_fw-la nisi_fw-la apostolica_fw-la esset_fw-la traditio_fw-la aug._n ep_n ad_fw-la volusiam_n volusiam_n aug._n l._n 1._o de_fw-la pec_fw-la mer._n &_o remis_fw-la c._n 26._o parvulos_fw-la baptizandos_fw-la esse_fw-la concedunt_fw-la pelagiani_n qui_fw-la contra_fw-la autoritatem_fw-la universalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la proculdubio_fw-la per_fw-la dominum_fw-la &_o apostolos_fw-la traditum_fw-la venire_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la possunt_fw-la ep._n lib._n 3._o ep_n 8._o ad_fw-la fidum_fw-la the_o romish_a advantage_n by_o the_o division_n and_o deformity_n of_o the_o ch._n of_o england_n phil._n 1.18_o act_n 17.30_o the_o wide_a and_o just_a distance_n between_o the_o reform_a and_o romanist_n see_v b._n bramhall_n sir_n roger_n twisden_n dr._n hammond_n of_o schism_n matth._n 17.5_o id_fw-la pulcherrimum_n quod_fw-la verissimum_fw-la illud_fw-la verissimum_fw-la quod_fw-la antiquissimum_fw-la tert._n irreconcilable_a difference_n between_o reform_a truth_n and_o romish_a error_n which_o be_v as_o manifest_v and_o obstinate_a papist_n pertinacy_n against_o the_o true_a canon_n of_o scripture_n dr._n cousin_n his_o late_a history_n of_o the_o scripture_n cajetan_n in_o c._n 10._o estheri_fw-la aug._n the_o civ_o dei_fw-la c._n 36._o &_o cont_n 2._o gaudentii_fw-la epis_fw-la c._n 23._o hieron_n in_o pro._n gal._n &_o ad_fw-la demetriad_n ruffi_n in_o symb._n 1_o corin._n 14_o 9_o 1_o cor._n 14.19_o jerem._n 51.9_o the_o sacrilegious_a obstinacy_n of_o romanist_n in_o the_o lord_n supper_n as_o to_o the_o cup_n etc._n etc._n etc._n olim_fw-la omnes_fw-la fideles_fw-la qualibet_fw-la die_fw-la cum_fw-la sacerdote_fw-la corpori_fw-la &_o sanguini_fw-la christi_fw-la communicabant_fw-la durand_n rat._n off_o div_o l._n 4._o roman_a obstinacy_n and_o credulity_n in_o transubstantiation_n b._n usher_n answer_v to_o the_o jesuit_n challenge_v about_o real_a presence_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n iren._n l._n 1._o c._n 9_o 9_o lib._n the_o corp_n &_o sang._n christ_n who_o live_v a_o 850._o videtur_fw-la agnus_fw-la in_o manibus_fw-la &_o cruor_fw-la in_o calice_n etc._n etc._n exod._n 12.21_o 1_o cor._n 5.7_o 1_o cor._n 0.4_o ezek._n 37.11_o gen._n 41.26_o dan._n 4.22_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bertramus_fw-la li._n de_fw-fr corp_n &_o sing_v christi_fw-la panis_n ille_fw-la vinumque_fw-la figuratè_fw-la christi_fw-la corpus_fw-la &_o sanguis_fw-la existit_fw-la conc._n late_a c._n 1._o christi_fw-la corpus_fw-la &_o sanguis_fw-la in_o sacramento_n altaris_fw-la sub_fw-la speciebus_fw-la panis_fw-la &_o vini_fw-la veraciter_fw-la continentur_fw-la transubstantiatis_n pane_n in_o corpus_fw-la &_o vino_fw-la in_o sanguinem_fw-la divina_fw-la potestate_fw-la 1_o cor._n 10.17_o 1_o cor._n 11.27_o rev._n 18.4_o mal._n 15.3_o 6._o joh._n 14.21_o 24._o necessary_a separation_n and_o distance_n from_o rome_n without_o uncharitableness_n 1_o joh._n 1.5_o &_o 4.8_o 2_o tim._n 3.16_o zach._n 3.3_o 4._o 1_o cor._n 13._o 1_o pet._n 4.8_o 1_o cor._n 8_o 7._o vid._n papist_n reply_v to_o charity_n mistake_v against_o dr._n potter_n offer_n of_o charity_n gal._n 6.10_o two_o grand_a obstruction_n of_o all_o christian_a accommodation_n in_o these_o western_a church_n mat._n 28.2_o 1._o great_a bar_n the_o roman_a pride_n rev._n 2._o &_o 3_o 2_o great_a bar_n the_o transport_v of_o reformer_n see_v m._n hooker_n preface_n to_o his_o eccl._n pol._n the_o equity_n &_o charity_n of_o severe_a and_o sacrilegious_a reforming_n sir_n sands_n survey_n of_o the_o western_a church_n act_n 3.6_o 1_o tim._n 5.17_o the_o excuse_n and_o plea_n for_o sacrilegious_a excess_n answer_v answ_n sacrilege_n a_o great_a pest_n to_o religion_n and_o stop_v to_o reformation_n titus_n 1.10_o 1_o tim._n 6.10_o 2_o tim._n 3.3_o job_n 31.12_o num._n 16.39_o see_v the_o excellent_a history_n of_o scotl._n by_o the_o archbish_a of_o s._n andr._n in_o the_o life_n of_o mr._n knox._n b._n andrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dr._n baziere_n sir_n h._n spelm._n sir_n ja._n semple_n and_o other_o against_o sacrilege_n sacrilege_n malac._n 3.8_o qui_fw-la sacrum_fw-la sacrove_n consecratum_fw-la clepserit_fw-la rapscritque_fw-la parricida_fw-la esto_fw-la lex_fw-la 12._o tab._n l._n 1._o cod_n justin_n rom._n 2.22_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cl._n alex._n tetriùs_n peccat_fw-la deum_fw-la judificans_n quam_fw-la negligens_fw-la isid_n sit_fw-la anima_fw-la meacum_fw-la philosophis_fw-la prov._n 3.9_o mal._n 1.10_o mal._n 3.8_o prov._n 20.25_o eccles_n 5.4_o prov._n 20.25_o it_o be_v a_o snare_n to_o the_o man_n who_o devour_v that_o which_o be_v holy_a and_o after_o vow_n make_v inquiry_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d callidè_fw-la intervertere_fw-la aut_fw-la surripere_fw-la quippiam_fw-la ne_fw-la ad_fw-la domini_fw-la notitiam_fw-la &_o usum_fw-la perveniat_fw-la the_o insatiableness_n of_o sacrilegious_a spirit_n unrepressed_a hist_o of_o hen._n 8._o josh_n 7.12_o 2_o king_n 23.11_o sacrilegi_fw-la diis_fw-la exosi_fw-la hominibus_fw-la infame_n valer._n ma._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ventriloqui_fw-la isa_n 8.19_o in_o sir_n h._n spelmans_fw-mi discourse_n of_o sacrilege_n ms._n euseb_n l._n 10._o c._n 5._o hist_o 1_o sam._n 21.5.22.18_o plea_n for_o sacrilege_n answer_v mal._n 3._o act_n 5.35_o you_o man_n of_o israel_n take_v heed_n to_o yourselves_o what_o you_o intend_v to_o do_v as_o to_o these_o man_n john_n 19.23_o 2_o king_n 18.16_o josh_n 7._o see_v b●chartus_fw-la geog._n s._n de_fw-fr sicul._n phoenicibus_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 28._o qui_fw-la super_fw-la impositi_fw-la spirans_fw-la per_fw-la montis_fw-la hiatus_fw-la aeter●os_n vomit_n ore_fw-la ignes_fw-la en_fw-fr celadi_fw-la bustum_fw-la qui_fw-la saucia_fw-la membra_fw-la revinctus_fw-la spirat_fw-la inexhaustum_fw-la flagranti_fw-la pectore_fw-la sulphur_n claudian_n de_fw-fr aetn_n object_n answ_n dan._n 5.2_o hab._n 2.11_o eccl._n 10.8_o jerem._n 35._o 1_o timoth._n 6.5_o object_n plea_n against_o restitution_n from_o indemnity_n of_o the_o purchaser_n 2_o chron._n 25_o 9_o answ_n the_o romanist_n discouragement_n as_o to_o the_o reform_a religion_n by_o sacrilege_n the_o evil_a eye_n of_o some_o reformer_n against_o material_a church_n a_o plea_n for_o paul_n and_o other_o church_n in_o england_n 2_o pet._n 3._o psal_n 83.12_o objection_n matth._n 26.8_o ans_fw-fr prov._n 3.9_o 1_o king_n 8.27_o act._n 17.24_o prov._n 8.31_o rev._n 21.3_o mat._n 3._o mark_v 14.15_o john_n 12.6_o act_n 5.3_o of_o pious_a munificence_n become_v christian_n malac._n 1.8_o 2_o sam._n 24.24_o isa_n 3●_n 5_o 6._o matth._n 2._o isid_n l._n 8._o etymol_n magnificentiam_fw-la &_o cultus_fw-la &_o sermonis_fw-la ad_fw-la deorum_fw-la &_o religionis_fw-la honorem_fw-la homines_fw-la prim●_n excogitarunt_fw-la hinc_fw-la templa_fw-la deûm_fw-la privatis_fw-la domibus_fw-la pulchriora_fw-la simulacra_fw-la corporibus_fw-la humanis_fw-la ampliora_fw-la laudes_fw-la eorum_fw-la august●ori_fw-la eloquentia_fw-la cel●brabantur_fw-la certis_fw-la numeris_fw-la inclusae_fw-la ind_n vatum_fw-la &_o poetarum_fw-la versus_fw-la &_o hymni_fw-la ad_fw-la deos_fw-la etc._n etc._n hag._n 1.4_o mark_v 14.4_o phil._n 2._o dan._n 4.29_o the_o main_a hindrance_n &_o unlikelihood_n of_o a_o conjunction_n between_o protestant_n &_o romanist_n deut._n 14.21_o roman_n interest_n advance_v by_o the_o petty_a faction_n of_o super-reformer_n of_o religion_n eccles_n 7.16_o rom._n 2.22_o ps_n 59.6_o 2_o tim._n 3.9_o finis_fw-la operantis_fw-la &_o operis_fw-la the_o danger_n of_o divide_a party_n in_o religion_n as_o to_o the_o civil_a interest_n of_o england_n see_v the_o history_n of_o jack_n cade_n and_o war_n tile●_n late_o set_v forth_o see_v the_o history_n of_o hacket_n and_o coppinger_n 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