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A27157
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An antidote against Arminianisme, or, A plain and brief discourse wherein the state of the question in all the five infamous articles of Arminius is set down, and the orthodox tenets confirmed by cleere scripturall grounds by R.B.K.
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R. B. K.
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1641
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Wing B156; ESTC R31267
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de_fw-fr dono_fw-la perseverantiae_fw-la cap._n 7._o audiant_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la testâ—menâ—o_fw-la praedâ—stinati_fw-la secundiâ—â—ropositum_fw-la ejus_fw-la qâ—i_fw-la universa_fw-la eperatur_fw-la ipsâ—_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la incipiamus_fw-la credâ—re_fw-la operatuâ—_n qui_fw-la universa_fw-la operatur_fw-la nec_fw-la fides_fw-la ipsa_fw-la praecedit_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la quia_fw-la credimus_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la credamus_fw-la elegit_fw-la nos_fw-la let_v even_a these_o hair_n in_o this_o passage_n predestinate_v according_o to_o his_o purpose_n who_o work_v all_o thing_n he_o that_o work_v all_o thing_n work_v also_o that_o we_o begin_v to_o believe_v neither_o do_v faith_n itself_o go_v before_o his_o work_n for_o he_o have_v choose_v we_o that_o we_o may_v believe_v not_o because_o we_o do_v believe_v against_o both_o the_o whole_a and_o half_n pelagian_o so_o he_o conclude_v triumphant_o 11.5_o triumphant_o contra_fw-la istam_fw-la veritatis_fw-la tam_fw-la 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