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A47350 A sober discourse of right to church-communion wherein is proved by Scripture, the example of the primitive times, and the practice of all that have prosessed the Christian religion, that no unbaptized person may be regularly admitted to the Lords Supper / by W. Kiffin ... Kiffin, William, 1616-1701. 1681 (1681) Wing K425; ESTC R10604 54,122 194

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