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A57865 A vindication of the Church of Scotland being an answer to five pamphlets, the titles of which are set down after the preface / by the author of the former vindication in answer to ten questions. Rule, Gilbert, 1629?-1701. 1691 (1691) Wing R2232; ESTC R22719 77,003 86

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