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A01324 A reioynder to Bristows replie in defence of Allens scroll of articles and booke of purgatorie Also the cauils of Nicholas Sander D. in Diuinitie about the supper of our Lord, and the apologie of the Church of England, touching the doctrine thereof, confuted by William Fulke, Doctor in Diuinitie, and master of Pembroke Hall in Cambridge. Seene and allowed. Fulke, William, 1538-1589. 1581 (1581) STC 11448; ESTC S112728 578,974 809

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etc._n etc._n where_o also_o will_v thou_o place_v they_o because_o they_o shall_v lack_v life_n see_v they_o have_v not_o eat_v the_o flesh_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n nor_o drink_v his_o blood_n also_o de_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la meritis_fw-la &_o remissione_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 20._o a_o place_n cite_v by_o bristol_n but_o mingle_v with_o many_o intersection_n of_o his_o own_o as_o his_o manner_n be_v after_o augustine_n have_v rehearse_v the_o text_n joan._n 6._o except_o you_o eat_v &c_n &c_n he_o add_v quid_fw-la ultrà_fw-la querimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n what_o seek_v we_o further_o what_o can_v they_o answer_v to_o this_o except_o stubbornness_n do_v stretch_v their_o strive_a sinew_n against_o the_o constancy_n of_o the_o manifest_a truth_n or_o dare_v any_o man_n say_v this_o also_o that_o this_o sentence_n pertain_v not_o to_o infant_n and_o that_o they_o may_v without_o the_o participation_n of_o this_o body_n and_o blood_n have_v life_n in_o they_o &_o c_o likewise_o cap._n 24._o he_o say_v optimè_fw-la punici_fw-la etc._n etc._n best_a of_o all_o the_o christian_n of_o africa_n do_v call_v baptism_n itself_o nothing_o else_o but_o health_n and_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n nothing_o else_o but_o life_n whence_o but_o of_o a_o ancient_a as_o i_o think_v and_o apostolic_a tradition_n by_o which_o they_o hold_v it_o ingraft_v unto_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n that_o without_o baptism_n and_o participation_n of_o the_o lord_n table_n no_o man_n at_o all_o can_v come_v not_o only_o not_o to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n but_o neither_o to_o health_n &_o life_n everlasting_a for_o this_o also_o the_o scripture_n testify_v according_a to_o those_o thing_n which_o we_o have_v say_v before_o for_o what_o other_o thing_n do_v they_o hold_v which_o call_v baptism_n by_o the_o name_n of_o health_n but_o that_o which_o be_v say_v he_o have_v save_v we_o by_o the_o laver_v of_o regeneration_n and_o that_o which_o peter_n say_v so_o also_o do_v 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