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A05460 A light for the ignorant or A treatise shevving, that in the nevv Testament, is set forth three kingly states or governments, that is, the civill state, the true ecclesiasticall state, and the false ecclesiasticall state Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657. 1638 (1638) STC 15591; ESTC S103338 13,640 22

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