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A26959
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More proofs of infants church-membership and consequently their right to baptism, or, A second defence of our infant rights and mercies in three parts ... / by Richard Baxter.
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Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.
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1675
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Wing B1312; ESTC R17239
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