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A64788
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A letter to the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq., defending the divine authority of the Holy Scripture and that it alone is the rule of faith in answer to Father Simon's Critical history of the Old Testament / written by C.M. Du Veil.
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Veil, Charles-Marie de, 1630-1685.
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Wing V176; ESTC R6969
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