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â—ntituled_v the_o image_n of_o both_o church_n jerusalâ—m_fw-la and_o babylon_n by_o p._n d._n m._n i._n p._n p._n 31._o l._n 31._o see_v mr._n love_n sermon_n entitle_v england_n distemper_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 16._o ibid._n p._n 19_o i._n p._n p._n 31._o l._n 35._o see_v mr._n love_n sermon_n entitle_v england_n distemper_n p._n 23._o i._n p._n pag._n 32._o l._n 3._o i._n p_o p._n 32._o l._n 11._o i._n p._n p._n 32._o l._n 25._o i._n p._n p._n 32._o l._n 38._o see_v a_o short_a treati_fw-la se_fw-la of_o polit._n power_n by_o dr._n iâ—â—n_n pennet_n â—_z 6._o pag._n 49._o see_v dr._n pâ—nnet_n treatise_n of_o polit._n power_n cap._n 6._o i._n p._n pag._n 33._o l._n 30._o see_v image_n of_o ier._n and_o bab._n by_o p_o d._n m._n p._n 82._o beza_n lib._n confes._n christianae_fw-la fidei_fw-la cap._n 5._o ecclesia_fw-la circa_fw-la finem_fw-la beza_n in_o confess_v fidei_fw-la christianae_fw-la c._n 5._o sect._n 45._o i._n p._n p._n 34._o l._n 29._o i._n p._n pa._n 34._o l._n 31._o i._n p._n p._n 35._o l._n 3._o in_fw-la casu_fw-la necesstatis_fw-la licita_fw-la est_fw-la defensio_fw-la per_fw-la magistratum_fw-la infeâ—â—oorem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d superiorem_fw-la d._n paraeus_n in_o c._n 13._o ad_fw-la rom._n p._n 262._o christianes_n 〈◊〉_d minus_fw-la quam_fw-la alios_fw-la quosâ—unque_fw-la potestaâ—â—_z subjectâ—â—_z esse_fw-la debere_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la fide_fw-la â—lus_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la infidelibus_fw-la sed_fw-la etc._o etc._o d._n paraeus_n in_o rom._n 13._o v._n 1._o vide_fw-la paraeum_n in_o explic_a dubiorum_fw-la in_o c._n 13._o ad_fw-la rom._n prop._n 2._o p._n 262._o i._n p._n pa._n 35._o l._n 8._o sacra_fw-la theolog._n per_fw-la dudleium_fw-la fennor_n c._n 13._o de_fw-la politeiae-civili_fw-la p._n 80._o i._n p._n p._n 35._o l._n 15._o quum_fw-la consensu_fw-la et_fw-la suffragiâ—s_fw-la totius_fw-la anâ—_z certe_fw-la 〈◊〉_d be_v multitudinis_fw-la tyrâ—annus_fw-la tolâ—ituâ—r_n deo_fw-la fit_fw-la auspice_fw-la zuingl_n in_fw-la explanatione_fw-la articuli_fw-la 42._o p._n 85._o tom._n 1._o zuinglâ—â—â—…_n exp._n arnâ—_z 42_o p._n 84._o tom_n 1._o 1._o p._n p._n 35_o l._n 17._o lex_fw-la rex_fw-la quest_n 31._o p._n 330._o il._n p._n 104_o 105._o quest_n 14._o ib._n p._n 233._o qu._n 26_o m._n prynne_n speech_n in_o the_o house_n of_o common_a decemb._n 4._o 1648._o p._n 77._o john_n price_n his_o snapsack_n p._n 8._o john_n goodwin_n anticaval_n p._n 10_o 11._o see_v the_o army_n remonstrance_n of_o june_n 23._o 1647._o p._n 12._o see_v the_o army_n proposal_n aug._n 1._o 1647._o i._n p._n p._n 37._o l._n 25._o judg._n 20._o see_v a_o letter_n from_o sir_n tho._n fairfax_n to_o both_o house_n of_o parliament_n date_v from_o redding_n july_n 6._o 1647._o which_o he_o declare_v to_o be_v the_o general_a sense_n of_o all_o or_o most_o part_n of_o the_o officer_n in_o the_o army_n 2._o 1_o sam._n 24._o 6_o 7._o 13._o 1_o sam._n 26._o 8_o 9_o 1_o sam._n 26._o 10_o 11._o mr._n prynne_n three_o part_n of_o the_o 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