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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39279	A defence of the Thirty nine articles of the Church of England written in Latin by J. Ellis ... now done into English ; to which are added the Lambeth Articles ; together with the judgment of Bishop Andrews, Dr. Overall, and other eminent and learned men upon them.; Articulorum XXXIX Ecclesiae Anglicanae defensio. English	Ellis, John, 1599?-1665.; Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.; Overall, John, 1560-1619.; Church of England. Thirty-nine Articles.	1700 (1700)	Wing E587; ESTC R1641	74,086	146

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obj._n 1_o no_o body_n can_v give_v what_o he_o have_v not_o but_o wicked_a minister_n have_v not_o grace_n and_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n and_o therefore_o they_o can●t_v effectual_o administer_v the_o sacrament_n whereby_o they_o be_v obtain_v answ._n a_o minister_n do_v not_o give_v heavy_a gift_n effectual_o as_o the_o principal_a efficient_a cause_n but_o as_o the_o instrumental_a one_o now_o the_o effect_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v like_o the_o instrument_n but_o the_o first_o cause_n beside_o he_o do_v not_o proper_o give_v the_o same_o gift_n but_o only_o the_o external_a sign_n of_o they_o hence_o god_n be_v say_v t●_n circumcise_v t●e_v heart_n deut._n 3._o 6._o and_o christ_n baptise_v with_o the_o holy_a g●st_n but_o jo●n_n with_o water_n mat._n 3._o 11._o obj._n 2._o god_n say_v to_o ●e_v wicked_a or_o ungodly_a m●n_z what_o have_v thou_o to_o do_v to_o declare_v my_o statute_n or_o that_o thou_o shall_v take_v my_o covenant_n in_o thy_o mouth_n see_v th●n_o hate_v 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