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A01042 Eubulus, or A dialogue, where-in a rugged Romish rhyme, (inscrybed, Catholicke questions, to the Protestaut [sic]) is confuted, and the questions there-of answered. By P.A. Forbes, Patrick, 1564-1635. 1627 (1627) STC 11147; ESTC S102413 101,942 162

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nova_fw-la et_fw-la p●…grina_fw-la censenda_fw-la sunt_fw-la qu●…_n christ●…_n non_fw-la doc●…it_fw-la nec_fw-la omne_fw-la qua_fw-la vetera_fw-la sunt_fw-la admit●…s_fw-la debent_fw-la ibid●…_n i._o ii_o iii_o iv._o v._o revel_v 13._o revel_v 1●…_n and_o ●…_n revel_v 2._o 13._o ad_fw-la vinc●…_n 〈◊〉_d 48._o revel_v 18._o 7._o isai._n 54._o 1●…_n revel_v 12._o revel_v 13._o revel_v 8._o and_o revel_v 14._o and_o revel_v 7._o 9_o revel_v 11._o revel_v 14._o revel_v 1●…_n 12._o revel_v 18._o ●…_n ●…es_n 2._o ●…l_n 13._o ●…l_n 14._o vi_o vii_o ●…vel_n 11._o ●…_n neque_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d res●…e_a 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la potest_fw-la 〈◊〉_d christian●…_n ●…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d u●…ra_n si_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p●…_n time_n &_o 〈◊〉_d tati●…_n ab_fw-la 〈◊〉_d bus_fw-la s●…pscrit_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d ill●…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arn●…ius_n 3._o adversus_fw-la ●…tes_fw-la ●…reger_fw-fr na●…n_n orat_fw-la 21._o d●…●…d_n ath●…nasii_fw-la ●…ee_o who_o pro●…eth_v one_o and_o ●…_n same_o do●…ne_n of_o faith_n ●…_n 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leave_v with_o we_o the_o fundament_n of_o scripture_n speciosum_fw-la qu●…dem_fw-la nomen_fw-la est_fw-la pacis_fw-la &_o pulchra_fw-la est_fw-la opi●…_n unitatis_fw-la sed_fw-la q●…_n ambigat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d s●…_n ecclesia_fw-la atque_fw-la evangelior●…_n u●…tam_fw-la p●…cen_n esse_fw-la qu●…_n christi_fw-la est_fw-la hilar_n lib._n contr_n 〈◊〉_d &_o alios_fw-la arri●…s_n hand_n ill●…●…_n ecclesia_fw-la pac●…_n disc●…_n imò_fw-la 〈◊〉_d conseq●…_n fidei_fw-la loade●…_n qui_fw-la a_o 〈◊〉_d perfidia_fw-la sa_fw-fr segrega●…_n &_o 〈◊〉_d tagio_fw-mi crimi●…_n discod●…_n cypr._n 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr u●…tat_fw-fr eccl●…_n ●…_n 25._o ●…_n 14._o verse_n ●…_n ii_o 5._o ●…h_o 3._o 1._o iii_o 2._o king_n 3._o 1●…_n ltiwne_n who_o ●…nge_a ●…_n ●…_n a_o 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr ●…_n i●…_n ii_o ●…th_o 23._o 29._o v._o ●…_n i_o two_o iv._o v._o ●…_n v●…_n vi●…_n 1._o tim._n 4._o 3._o ix_o 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la hime●…_n cap._n 7._o x._o xi_o xii_o xiii_o fourteen_o xv._n xvi_o john_n 1●…_n 2●…_n matth._n 27._o 6._o job_n 1_o ●…_n rom._n 3._o xvii_o when_o th●…_n wicked_a rise_n hide_v themsel_n but_o when_o th●…_n perish_v the_o ri●…_n teous_a increas●…_n prov._n ●…_n ●…_n ●…_n caput_fw-la nostrum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o coelo_fw-la sed_fw-la n●…_n pute_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la separatum_fw-la caput_fw-la a_o corpore_fw-la discretum_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la loci●…_n sed_fw-la junctum_fw-la ●…ffectious_a angnstm._n in_o psal._n 91._o chrysost._n homil_n 35._o in_o matth._n cap._n 20._o who-so-eve_a he_o be_v that_o affect_v primacy_n in_o earth_n shall_v find_v confusion_n in_o heaven_n neither_o shall_v he_o come_v in_o the_o count_n of_o christ_n servantes_n who_o make_v business_n about_o primacy_n xviii_o xix_o xx._n xxi_o revel_v 9_o thess._n 2._o and_o revel_v 11._o ●…evel_n 14._o and_o 7._o and_o 9_o 4._o thess._n 2._o 7._o 1._o john_n 4._o 3._o matth._n 13._o 2●…_n revel_v 13._o xxii_o revel_v 2._o 13._o ●…evel_n 11._o 3._o revel_v 12._o 6._o 14._o ●…evel_n 14._o 1._o ●…evel_n 13._o 10._o ●…nd_n 14._o 12._o ●…evel_n 11._o 8._o ●…evel_n 17._o 6._o ●…evel_n 17._o 3._o exod._n 3●…_n exod._n 32._o 26._o 1_o king_n 19_o 24._o 1_o king_n 18._o 13._o 1_o king_n 1●…_n 1●…_n defence_n of_o ca●…_n sect._n 19_o rev._n 1●…_n and_o 2●…_n xxiii_o xxiv_o xxv_o xxvi_o revel_v 11._o 2._o xxvii_o revel_v 2._o 4._o 14._o 20._o and_o 3._o 1._o 15._o 〈◊〉_d 54._o 11._o cant._n 5._o ●…_n revel_v 12._o 1●…_n revel_v 27._o xxviii_o revel_v 14._o 1._o revel_v 13._o 3._o 8._o 1●…_n xxix_o revel_v 2._o 13._o xxx_o revel_v 14._o 1._o revel_v 11._o xxxi_o xxxii_o lake_n 11._o 5●…_n matth._n 23._o ●…3_n xxxiii_o xxxiv_o xxxv_o ●…vel_n ●…_n 2._o 2._o sam._n 15._o 11._o chapter_n 13._o xxxvi_o xxxvii_o ●…evel_n ●…1_n revel_v 14._o act_n 11._o 26._o revel●…ion_n 20._o revel_v 13._o 2._o revel_v 1●…_n 3._o revel_v 13._o 1._o revel_v 17._o 3._o revel_v 2._o 14._o revel_v 2._o 20._o xxxviii_o ●…_n th●…ss_n ●…_n 15._o e●…ra_n 1._o 7._o 1._o sa●…_n 6._o ●…_n thirty-nine_o xl._o xli_o 〈◊〉_d 11._o and_o 14._o i._o ii_o iii_o