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A30061 A letter of a Protestant clergy-man to the reverend clergy of the Church of England, and to all other good Protestants advertising them from the sacred revelation of St. John of the evil which he apprehends to be coming upon the Protestant church, etc. / written by Digby Bull ... Bull, Digby. 1695 (1695) Wing B5412; ESTC R40767 54,096 68

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