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temple_n gate_n york_n heraldry_n fol._n a_o bible_n of_o a_o very_a fair_a large_a roman_a letter_n 4._o orlando_n furioso_n fol._n perkins_n on_o the_o law_n of_o england_n wilkinson_n office_n of_o sheriff_n 8._o parson_n law_n 8._o mirror_n of_o justice_n 8._o topic_n in_o the_o law_n of_o england_n 8._o delamans_n use_n of_o the_o horizontal_n quadrant_n wilbey_v second_o set_v of_o music_n 3_o 4_o 5_o and_z 6_o part_n 4._o corderius_n in_o english_a 8._o dr._n fulks_n meteor_n with_o observation_n 8._o malthus_n artificial_a firework_n nyes_z gunnery_n and_o firework_n cato_n major_a with_o annotation_n mel_n heliconium_n by_o alex._n ross_n 8._o nosce_fw-la te_fw-la ipsum_fw-la by_o sir_n john_n davis_n 8._o animadversion_n on_o lily_n grammar_n 8._o the_o history_n of_o vienna_n and_o paris_n 4._o the_o history_n of_o lazarillo_n de_fw-fr toroms_n hero_z and_o leander_n by_o george_n chapman_n and_o chr_n stopher_n marlowe_n the_o pose_n of_o the_o accidence_n guilliams_n 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justice_n dodrige_n mr._n ager_n francis_n tate_n william_n cambden_n and_o joseph_n holland_n touch_v the_o antiquity_n power_n and_o proceed_v of_o the_o high_a court_n of_o parliament_n in_o england_n the_o idiot_n in_o four_o book_n first_o and_o second_o of_o wisdom_n three_o of_o the_o mind_n four_o of_o the_o experience_n of_o the_o balance_n the_o life_n and_o reign_n of_o hen._n 8._o by_o the_o lord_n herbert_n fol._n france_n paint_v to_o the_o life_n in_o four_o book_n the_o second_o edition_n sken_fw-mi de_fw-fr significatione_n verborum_fw-la 4._o the_o fort_n royal_a of_o holy_a scripture_n by_o j._n h._n the_o three_o edition_n 8._o the_o sum_n of_o what_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o answer_n to_o the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o admonitory_a letter_n the_o controversy_n about_o the_o subject_n of_o the_o key_n open_v fol._n 1._o sect._n 1.2_o 3_o 4._o the_o author_n studious_a of_o truth_n and_o peace_n fol._n 3_o 4._o the_o admonitour_n distinction_n of_o three_o visible_a church_n improper_a fol._n 5._o some_o observation_n about_o the_o domestical_a church_n and_o some_o mistake_n in_o the_o admonitory_a rectify_v fol._n 9_o the_o allege_a text_n examine_v fol._n 10._o sect._n 5._o the_o word_n of_o the_o admonitory_a draw_v into_o proposition_n and_o answer_v several_o the_o proposition_n out_o of_o the_o letter_n these_o 1._o that_o the_o church_n of_o the_o last_o and_o long_a constitution_n be_v a_o presbyterial_a or_o combinational_a church_n this_o examine_v fol._n 13._o 2._o that_o it_o be_v the_o opinion_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o combinational_a church_n to_o subject_v their_o earthy_a err_a and_o unruly_a will_n to_o the_o heavenly_a infallible_a and_o uncontrollable_a will_n of_o christ_n it_o be_v examine_v what_o truth_n may_v be_v in_o this_o assertion_n fol._n 15._o 3._o that_o christ_n peremptory_o will_v and_o enjoin_v all_o professor_n to_o be_v indoctrinate_v and_o discipline_v by_o the_o present_a ministry_n this_o grant_v 4._o that_o this_o prescribe_a ministry_n must_v consist_v of_o presbyter_n and_o teach_v and_o rule_v elder_n this_o proposition_n full_o examine_v and_o refute_v fol._n 18._o 5._o that_o these_o presbyter_n teach_v and_o rule_v elder_n must_v be_v of_o the_o profess_v member_n own_o voluntary_a election_n and_o regular_a ordination_n this_o also_o full_o examine_v and_o refute_v fol._n 24._o 6._o that_o the_o ministerial_a office_n must_v reach_v from_o christ_n ascension_n to_o the_o dissolution_n of_o all_o thing_n this_o grant_v sect._n 6._o a_o answer_n to_o all_o the_o text_n produce_v by_o the_o admonitour_n as_o rom._n 12.7_o 8._o fol._n 31._o 1_o cor._n 12.28_o fol._n 33._o ephes_n 4.14_o fol._n 36._o revel_v 4.6_o &_o 5.6_o &_o 19.14_o fol._n 36_o 37._o sect._n 7._o a_o paraenetical_a conclusion_n fol._n 39_o ad_fw-la finem_fw-la the_o sum_n of_o the_o second_o part_n pag._n 46._o the_o danger_n to_o assert_v the_o church_n bring_v to_o a_o sceleton_n sect._n 1._o fol._n 47._o the_o corruption_n come_v not_o into_o the_o church_n by_o such_o degree_n as_o be_v suppose_v in_o the_o admonitory_a letter_n sect._n 2._o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n prove_v to_o be_v aristocratical_a 52._o ad_fw-la 59_o a_o presbytery_n with_o a_o bishop_n the_o apostle_n live_v 59_o 60._o of_o patriarch_n primate_fw-la metropolitan_n bishop_n 63._o a_o little_a knowledge_n in_o some_o man_n a_o occasion_n of_o error_n 66_o 67._o sect._n 3_o that_o the_o combinational_a church_n corruption_n be_v not_o the_o cathedral_n church_n generation_n 71._o church_n at_o first_o can_v not_o be_v combinational_a 73._o of_o the_o name_n of_o teacher_n pastor_n ruler_n lord-bishop_n dean_n chancellor_n surrogate_v archdeacon_n 75._o no_o usurpation_n for_o bishop_n assemble_v in_o synod_n and_o council_n to_o excommunicate_a offender_n 81_o 82._o this_o be_v not_o contrary_a to_o the_o orthodox_n pattern_n act_v 15._o 84._o to_o censure_v any_o man_n person_n not_o the_o 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