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A48862 The growth of error being an exercitation concerning the rise and progress of Arminianism and more especially Socinianism, both abroad and now of late, in England / by a lover of truth and peace. Lobb, Stephen, d. 1699. 1697 (1697) Wing L2725; ESTC R36483 104,608 218

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hartsook_n p._n 222._o cornelius_n wigger_n a._n d._n 1597._o or_o near_o that_o time_n oppose_v the_o confession_n and_o catechism_n as_o a_o lesbian_a rule_n that_o may_v be_v turn_v to_o either_o side_n he_o be_v suspend_v set_v up_o conventicle_n and_o stiff_o adbere_n to_o his_o peculiar_a notion_n vid._n epist_n cor._n wig._n p._n 35._o etc._n etc._n nor_o afraid_a to_o revive_v the_o memory_n of_o coornhertius_fw-la for_o who_o arminius_n will_v not_o be_v think_v to_o have_v any_o respect_n and_o cornelius_n wiggerus_fw-la as_o opposer_n of_o the_o catechism_n and_o confession_n lament_v a_o want_n of_o success_n in_o the_o many_o attempt_n make_v against_o they_o by_o divers_a other_o person_n not_o only_a arminian_o but_o by_o some_o who_o be_v their_o most_o violent_a opposer_n such_o as_o piscator_fw-la and_o the_o like_a beside_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o the_o arminian_n doctrine_n be_v too_o manifest_o a_o contradiction_n to_o the_o heydelberg_n catechism_n 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