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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26160	An Attestation to the testimony of our reverend brethren of the province of London to the truth of Jesus Christ, and to our Solemn League and Covenant as also against the errours, heresies, and blasphemies of these times, and the toleration of them, resolved on by the ministers of Cheshire, at their meeting May 2, and subscribed at their next meeting, June 6, 1648.		1648 (1648)	Wing A4161; ESTC R17649	58,802	68

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and_o inclination_n towards_o vagrant_a speculation_n as_o 672._o as_o tanta_fw-la pleresque_fw-la titillat_n vagtrum_fw-la speculationum_fw-la cupido_fw-la tantaque_fw-la levitas_fw-la circumagit_fw-la ut_fw-la facile_fw-la sit_fw-la impostoribus_fw-la quemvis_fw-la nec_fw-la ingenio_fw-la nec_fw-la etc._n etc._n calvin_n expl_a perfldiae_fw-la valinten_n gentil_n opusc_fw-la p._n 672._o calvin_n call_v they_o be_v apt_a to_o be_v deceive_v by_o such_o impostor_n as_o without_o fear_n or_o wit_n or_o learning_n or_o dexterity_n draw_v such_o disciple_n after_o they_o and_o as_o they_o be_v willing_a to_o be_v deceive_v soar_v they_o wilful_a when_o they_o be_v deceive_v for_o the_o first_o the_o observation_n of_o 70._o of_o nihil_fw-la tam_fw-la facile_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la vilem_fw-la plebeculam_fw-la linguae_fw-la volubilitate_fw-la decipere_fw-la quae_fw-la quicquid_fw-la non_fw-la intelligit_fw-la plus_fw-la miratur_fw-la hieron_n ad_fw-la nepotianum_fw-la de_fw-la vita_fw-la clericorum_fw-la tom._n 1._o