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A25851 Mysteriou tes ayomias, that is, Another part of the mystery of Jesuitism or, The new heresie of the Jesuites, publickly maintained at Paris, in the College of Clermont, the XII of December MDCLXI ... according to the copy printed at Paris : together with The imaginary heresie, in three letters, with divers other particulars ... never before published in English. Arnauld, Antoine, 1612-1694. 1664 (1664) Wing A3729; ESTC R32726 88,087 266

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