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A03350 A quartron of reasons of Catholike religion, with as many briefe reasons of refusall: By Tho. Hill Hill, Edmund Thomas, ca. 1563-1644. 1600 (1600) STC 13470; ESTC S113265 68,569 200

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he_o do_v be_v clean_o against_o his_o conscience_n 517._o col._n m●…ger_n f._n 1_o &_o 517._o the_o like_a repugn_a conscience_n have_v zwinglius_fw-la in_o expound_v the_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n of_o the_o b._n sacrament_n a._n lib._n the_o come_v na_fw-mi page_n 216._o a._n as_o witness_v kemnitius_n and_o the_o lutheran_n write_v that_o he_o open_o show_v and_o declare_v in_o his_o manner_n gest_n and_o in_o all_o thing_n that_o his_o conscience_n accuse_v he_o of_o error_n 19_o joannes_n shutz_n in_o serp_v antiq_fw-la fol._n 19_o but_o yet_o he_o have_v leifer_n forsake_v the_o truth_n then_o to_o loose_v his_o honour_n in_o yield_v to_o luther_n the_o like_a write_v the_o same_o lutheran_n of_o oecolampadius_n and_o as_o for_o bucer_n it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o he_o have_v no_o conscience_n nor_o religion_n at_o