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A34136 Common-prayer-book devotions, episcopal delusions, or, The Second death of the service-book wherein the unlawfulness (with advantage) of the imposition of liturgies ... is clearly and plainly demonstrated from the Scriptures ... C. W. 1666 (1666) Wing C5572; ESTC R35602 67,445 80

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discover_v or_o make_v manifest_a until_o they_o have_v pass_v the_o test_n and_o trial_n of_o many_o generation_n so_o then_o the_o long_a continuance_n whether_o of_o the_o free_a use_n only_o which_o be_v the_o more_o tolerable_a of_o liturgy_n and_o stint_a prayer_n in_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n or_o of_o the_o imposition_n of_o they_o which_o be_v the_o more_o unchristian_a and_o insupportable_a be_v a_o argument_n of_o no_o interest_n or_o weight_n at_o all_o to_o justify_v or_o prove_v either_o the_o lawfulness_n much_o less_o the_o expediency_n either_o of_o the_o one_o or_o of_o the_o other_o i_o end_v with_o the_o say_n of_o tertullian_n veritati_fw-la potest_fw-la nemo_fw-la praescribere_fw-la non_fw-la spacium_fw-la temporum_fw-la non_fw-la patrocinia_fw-la personarum_fw-la that_o be_v there_o be_v no_o prescription_n or_o plea_n neither_o of_o any_o length_n of_o time_n nor_o of_o the_o patrocination_n or_o authoritative_a assertion_n of_o the_o contrary_a of_o any_o person_n whatsoever_o that_o be_v of_o any_o force_n or_o value_n against_o the_o truth_n postscript_n non_fw-fr attendamus_fw-la quid_fw-la ante_fw-la nos_fw-la aliquis_fw-la fecerit_fw-la sed_fw-la qui_fw-la ante_fw-la omnes_fw-la est_fw-la christus_fw-la prio_fw-la fecerit_fw-la cypr._n sapientiam_fw-la sibi_fw-la adimunt_fw-la qui_fw-la sine_fw-la ullo_fw-la judicio_fw-la inuenta_fw-la majorum_fw-la probant_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la pecudum_fw-la more_fw-it ducuntur_fw-la lactant._n magnos_fw-la errores_fw-la magnorum_fw-la virorum_fw-la authoritate_fw-la persuasi_fw-la transmittimus_fw-la vadianus_n cautum_fw-la debet_fw-la reddere_fw-la non_fw-la sequacem_fw-la error_n alienus_fw-la ra._n arden_n honestissimum_fw-la majorum_fw-la vestigia_fw-la sequi_fw-la si_fw-la recto_fw-la itinere_fw-la praecesserint_fw-la plin._n ep._n 8.5_o mala_fw-la pax_fw-la est_fw-la &_o concordia_n quae_fw-la inter_fw-la pastor_n &_o lupos_fw-la est_fw-la chemnit_fw-la harm_n maledicta_fw-la sit_fw-la charitas_fw-la &_o concordia_n propter_fw-la quam_fw-la conseruandam_fw-la periclitari_fw-la necesse_fw-la sit_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la luther_n in_o gal._n 5._o pios_fw-la hoc_fw-la nomen_fw-la &_o titulum_fw-la in_o mundo_fw-la oportet_fw-la gerere_fw-la quod_fw-la seditiosi_fw-la ac_fw-la schismatici_fw-la ac_fw-la infinitorum_fw-la malorum_fw-la authores_fw-la sunt_fw-la idem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la heu_fw-la heu_fw-la domine_fw-la ipsi_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o persecutione_n tua_fw-la primi_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la tua_fw-la videntur_fw-la principatum_fw-la diligere_fw-la &_o gerere_fw-la principatum_fw-la bern._n de_fw-fr conver._n s._n pauli_n serm._n 1_o ignosci_fw-la potuit_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la errantibus_fw-la post_fw-la inspirationem_fw-la vero_fw-la &_o revelationem_fw-la factam_fw-la sine_fw-la ignorantiae_fw-la venia_fw-la peccatur_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 63._o qui_fw-la vero_fw-la i_o errare_fw-la existimant_fw-la etiam_fw-la atque_fw-la etiam_fw-la diligenter_n quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la dicta_fw-la considerent_fw-la ne_fw-la sortassis_fw-la ipsi_fw-la errent_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr bono_n persevere_v these_o say_n may_v be_v english_v as_o follow_v let_v we_o not_o regard_n or_o mind_n what_o some_o have_v do_v before_o we_o but_o what_o christ_n who_o be_v before_o all_o have_v first_o do_v they_o take_v a_o course_n never_o to_o attain_v unto_o wisdom_n who_o without_o judgement_n approve_v of_o the_o invention_n of_o their_o forefather_n and_o like_v unto_o sheep_n be_v lead_v by_o other_o sometime_o we_o let_v pass_v great_a error_n as_o if_o they_o be_v truth_n be_v persuade_v hereunto_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o great_a men._n the_o error_n of_o other_o shall_v not_o move_v we_o to_o follow_v but_o to_o look_v about_o we_o it_o be_v most_o honest_a and_o honourable_a to_o follow_v the_o step_n of_o our_o forefather_n if_o they_o have_v go_v before_o in_o a_o right_a way_n it_o be_v no_o good_a peace_n or_o agreement_n that_o 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to_o be_v the_o man_n that_o err_v finis_fw-la