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A18914 A chronological discourse touching, 1 The Church. 2 Christ. 3 Anti-Christ. 4 Gog & Magog. &c. The substaunce whereof, was collected about some 10. or 11. yeares since (as may be gathered by an epistle prefixed before a tractate, called, The visible Christian) but now digested into better order; and first published, by the author himselfe, H. Cl. Clapham, Henoch. 1609 (1609) STC 5336; ESTC S108005 72,787 116

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we_o our_o trespass_n in_o which_o respect_n also_o it_o be_v 4._o that_o in_o leviticus_fw-la be_v appoint_v sacrifice_n both_o for_o the_o whole_a congregation_n err_v and_o for_o the_o part_n of_o that_o whole_a 28._o as_o priest_n prince_n people_n so_o gregory_n decretal_a conclude_v judicium_fw-la d●●veritat●_n quae_fw-la non_fw-la fallit_fw-la nec_fw-la fallitu●_n s●●pe●_n i●nititur_fw-la judicium_fw-la autem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d opinionem_fw-la sequitur_fw-la quam_fw-la &_o fallere_fw-la saepe_fw-la contingit_fw-la &_o fallj_fw-la ●_o propter_fw-mi quod_fw-la contingit_fw-la interdum_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la ligatus_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la apud_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la si●_n so●utus_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la libre_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la sit_fw-la sententia_fw-la innodatus_fw-la particular_a congregation_n be_v therefore_o call_v communion_n of_o saint_n or_o holy-ones_a not_o because_o they_o all_o real_o and_o indeed_o be_v such_o 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