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A54588 The visions of the reformation, or, A discovery of the follies and villanies that have been practis'd popish and fanatical thorough reformations since the reformation of the Church of England by Edward Pettit ... Pettit, Edward. 1683 (1683) Wing P1895; ESTC R31108 84,657 252

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