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A69143 Miscellania or a treatise Contayning two hundred controuersiall animaduersions, conducing to the study of English controuersies in fayth, and religion. VVritten by N.N.P. and dedicated to the yonger sort of Catholike priests, and other students in the English seminaries beyond the seas. With a pareneticall conclusion vnto the said men. Anderton, Lawrence, attributed name. 1640 (1640) STC 576; ESTC S115142 202,826 416

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20._o juni●●_n the_o eminent_a protestant_n affirm_v that_o hildebrand_n who_o be_v pope_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la ●●4_n be_v the_o first_o antichrist_n with_o who_o ●nspireth_v d._n downeham_n 110._o downeham_n in_o his_o treatise_n concern_v antichrist_n ca._n 110._o bullinger_n 198._o bullinger_n upon_o the_o apo._n s●rm_n 16._o p._n 198._o af●rmeth_v that_o antichrist_n come_v in_o the_o year_n ●63_n he_o therefore_o term_v that_o year_n the_o ●all_n year_n d_o 30._o d_o in_o his_o answ_n to_o a_o counterfeit_n cath._n pa._n 30._o fulke_o and_o d._n 100_o d._n in_o his_o synop_n pag._n 100_o willet_n do_v ●ace_n his_o come_n in_o the_o year_n 607._o and_o ●ake_z boniface_n the_o three_o to_o be_v the_o first_o anti●●rist_n d._n whytaker_n thus_o write_v of_o this_o ●oynt_n say_v 2._o say_v de_fw-fr eccles_n count_v ●eilar●_n contr_n 9●_n qu._n a._n p._n 〈◊〉_d 2._o gregory_n the_o great_a be_v the_o ●●t_n true_a and_o holy_a bishop_n of_o the_o church_n &_o ther●●_n because_o our_o 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