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A67152 Anarchie reviving, or, The good old cause on the anvile being a discovery of the present design to retrive the late confusions both of church and state, in several essays for liberty of conscience / by Abraham Philotheus. Wright, Abraham, 1611-1690. 1668 (1668) Wing W3684; ESTC R12351 43,407 77

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