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A36258 Two letters of advice I. For the susception of Holy Orders, II. For studies theological, especially such as are rational : at the end of the former is inserted a catalogue of the Christian writers, and genuine works that are extant of the first three centuries. Dodwell, Henry, 1641-1711. 1672 (1672) Wing D1822; ESTC R16080 115,374 358

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