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p._n 27_o chap._n iu_o of_o transubstantiation_n p._n 34_o chap._n v._o of_o communion_n in_o one_o kind_n p._n 43_o chap._n vi_o concern_v public_a prayer_n in_o latin_a and_o of_o several_a other_o point_n p._n 50_o chap._n vii_o concern_v protestant_n object_v error_n to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n the_o author_n apology_n for_o himself_o his_o advice_n to_o the_o protestant_n divine_a with_o some_o other_o particular_n p_o 56_o part_n ii_o chap._n i._n the_o preface_n to_o st._n peter_n supremacy_n and_o whether_o st._n andrew_n know_v christ_n divinity_n before_o st._n peter_n p._n 67_o chap._n ii_o the_o difference_n betwixt_o nathaniel_n and_o st._n peter_n confession_n of_o christ_n and_o in_o what_o sense_n st._n peter_n be_v say_v to_o be_v os_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la p._n 74_o chap._n iii_o whether_o the_o other_o apostle_n know_v christ_n divinity_n as_o soon_o as_o st._n peter_n concern_v the_o bless_a virgin_n mary_n and_o st._n john_n etc._n etc._n and_o concern_v the_o 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