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A27174 Take heed of both extremes, or, Plain and useful cautions against popery and presbytery by way of dialogue : in two parts / by Luke de Beaulieu. Beaulieu, Luke, 1644 or 5-1723. 1675 (1675) Wing B1578; ESTC R7658 78,624 146

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applicari_fw-la possunt_fw-la aliis_fw-la qui_fw-la rei_fw-la sunt_fw-la luendae_fw-la paenae_fw-la temporalis_fw-la 3._o ibid._n c._n 3._o ecclesiae_fw-la pastoribus_fw-la auctoritas_fw-la divinitus_fw-la concessa_fw-la est_fw-la thesaurum_fw-la satisfactionum_fw-la dispensandi_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la hanc_fw-la indulgentias_fw-la concedendi_fw-la praelati_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dispensare_fw-la possunt_fw-la christi_fw-la passionem_fw-la tum_fw-la per_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la tum_fw-la per_fw-la indulgentias_fw-la passiones_fw-la vero_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la nonnisi_fw-la per_fw-la indulgentias_fw-la g._n pray_v give_v i_o leave_v to_o english_a it_o to_o my_o think_v the_o doctrine_n be_v pleasant_a you_o shall_v see_v how_o well_o i_o relish_v it_o that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o the_o good_a work_n of_o just_a man_n have_v a_o twofold_a value_n one_o side_n of_o they_o be_v meritorious_a and_o the_o other_o satisfactory_a this_o last_o may_v be_v give_v to_o other_o but_o the_o first_o 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