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A10908 The Protestant Church existent, and their faith professed in all ages, and by whom with a catalogue of councels in all ages, who professed the same. Written, by Henry Rogers D.D. prebendary of Hereford. Rogers, Henry, ca. 1585-1658. 1638 (1638) STC 21178; ESTC S116092 131,830 215

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baptismatis_fw-la iteratio_fw-la corrigo_fw-la in_o te_fw-la quod_fw-la tuum_fw-la est_fw-la agnosco_fw-la quod_fw-la christi_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la mala_fw-la hominum_fw-la reprobamus_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la bona_fw-la dei_fw-la reperimus_fw-la approbamus_fw-la hoc_fw-la inquam_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o sacrilego_fw-la non_fw-la violem_fw-la quod_fw-la verum_fw-la invenio_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la nec_fw-la sic_fw-la emendem_fw-la sacrilegum_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la perpetrem_fw-la sacrilegium_fw-la nam_fw-la sic_fw-la sunt_fw-la isti_fw-la mali_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la bono_fw-mi quemadmodum_fw-la sunt_fw-la judaei_n mali_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la bona_fw-la itaque_fw-la ut_fw-la illi_fw-la per_fw-la ipsam_fw-la legem_fw-la judicabuntur_fw-la quam_fw-la malitia_fw-la sva_fw-la malan_n fecerunt_fw-la ita_fw-la &_o isti_fw-la per_fw-la ipsum_fw-la baptismum_fw-la judicabuntur_fw-la quod_fw-la bonum_fw-la mali_fw-la tenuerunt_fw-la ergo_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la judaeus_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la venerit_fw-la ut_fw-la christianus_n fiat_fw-la non_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la destruimus_fw-la bona_fw-la dei_fw-la sed_fw-la mala_fw-la ipsius_fw-la nam_fw-la quod_fw-la errat_fw-la non_fw-la credendo_fw-la quod_fw-la christus_fw-la jam_fw-la venerit_fw-la natusque_fw-la &_o passus_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o resurrexerit_fw-la hoc_fw-la emendamus_fw-la eaque_fw-la infidelitate_fw-la destituta_fw-la fidem_fw-la qua_fw-la haec_fw-la creduntur_fw-la instruimus_fw-la item_n quoth_v errant_a vmbris_fw-la veterum_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la inhaerendo_fw-la dissuademus_fw-la jamque_fw-la venisse_fw-la tempus_fw-la quo_fw-la haec_fw-la auferenda_fw-la atque_fw-la mutanda_fw-la propheta_fw-la praedixerunt_fw-la demonstramus_fw-la quod_fw-la verò_fw-la unum_fw-la deum_fw-la colendum_fw-la credit_n qui_fw-la fecit_fw-la caelum_fw-la &_o terram_fw-la quod_fw-la omne_fw-la idola_fw-la &_o sacrilegia_fw-la gentium_fw-la detestatur_fw-la quod_fw-la futurum_fw-la expectat_fw-la judicium_fw-la quod_fw-la vitam_fw-la sperat_fw-la aeternam_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la carnis_fw-la resurrectione_n non_fw-la dubitat_fw-la laudamus_fw-la approbamus_fw-la agnoscimus_fw-la sicut_fw-la credebat_fw-la credenda_fw-la sicut_fw-la tenebat_fw-la tenenda_fw-la firmamus_fw-la ita_fw-la etiam_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la venerit_fw-la schismaticus_fw-la vel_fw-la haereticus_fw-la ut_fw-la catholicus_n fiat_fw-la schisma_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o haeresim_fw-la dissuadendo_fw-la &_o destruendo_fw-la rescindimus_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la verò_fw-la christiana_n si_fw-la eadem_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la invenimus_fw-la &_o quicquid_fw-la aliud_fw-la very_fw-la tenet_fw-la absit_fw-la ut_fw-la violemus_fw-la absit_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la simel_fw-la danda_fw-la norimus_fw-la iteremus_fw-la ne_fw-la dum_fw-la vitia_fw-la humana_fw-la curamus_fw-la divina_fw-la medicamenta_fw-la damnemus_fw-la aut_fw-la quaerendo_fw-la sanare_fw-la vulneratum_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la hominem_fw-la saucium_fw-la &_o ubi_fw-la sanus_fw-la est_fw-la vulneremus_fw-la august_n tom_n 7._o l._n de_fw-fr un_fw-fr baptis_fw-la count_v petil._n cap._n 2._o 3._o possunt_fw-la esse_fw-la populi_fw-la boni_fw-la ubi_fw-la fuerint_fw-la episcopi_fw-la mali_fw-la sicut_fw-la potuit_fw-la esse_fw-la populus_fw-la malus_fw-la ubi_fw-la fuit_fw-la moses_n princeps_fw-la &_o rector_n bone_fw-la li._n 2._o c._n e._n parmen_fw-la c._n 4._o in_o bonis_fw-la quibus_fw-la talia_fw-la displicent_fw-la semper_fw-la manet_fw-la &_o mansit_fw-la &_o manebit_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la l._n 3._o nihl_n aliud_fw-la est_fw-la consentire_fw-la male_a facientibus_fw-la nisi_fw-la mala_fw-la facta_fw-la eorum_fw-la approbare_fw-la atque_fw-la laudare_fw-la l._n 1._o nemo_fw-la conjungitur_fw-la cum_fw-la infidelibus_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la facit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la paganorum_fw-la vel_fw-la talia_fw-la facientibus_fw-la tavet_fw-la nec_fw-la quisquam_fw-la fit_a particeps_fw-la iniquitatis_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la iniqua_fw-la vel_fw-la agit_fw-fr vel_fw-la approbat_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 17._o vbi_fw-la moses_n &_o aaron_n ibi_fw-la murmuratores_fw-la sacrilegi_fw-la ubi_fw-la caiphas_n &_o caeteri_fw-la tale_n ibi_fw-la zacharias_n &_o simeon_n &_o caeteri_fw-la boni_fw-la ubi_fw-la saul_n ibi_fw-la david_n ubi_fw-la jeremias_n ubi_fw-la isaias_n ubi_fw-la daniel_n ubi_fw-la ezechiel_n ibi_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la mali_fw-la &_o populi_fw-la mali_fw-la cap._n 7._o et_fw-la sicut_fw-la grana_fw-la inter_fw-la paleas_fw-la non_fw-la videntur_fw-la ita_fw-la pie_n viventes_fw-la inter_fw-la iniquorum_fw-la turbas_fw-la non_fw-la facile_fw-la apparent_a my_o baptism_n be_v such_o and_o so_o