Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n
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A53955
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A fourth letter to a person of quality, being an historical account of the doctrine of the Sacrament, from the primitive times to the Council of Trent shewing the novelty of transubstantiation.
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Pelling, Edward, d. 1718.
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1688
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Wing P1081; ESTC R274
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