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cause_n	church_n	england_n	religion_n	1,637	5	5.7823	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78425	The inconsistencie of the independent way, with Scripture and it self. Manifested in a threefold discourse, I. Vindicia vindiciarum, with M. Cotton. II. A review of M. Hookers Survey of church-discipline. The first part. III. A diatribe with the same M. Hooker concerning baptism of infants of non-confederate parents, cap. 2. Of his third part. / By Daniel Cawdrey ...	Cawdrey, Daniel, 1588-1664.	1651 (1651)	Wing C1629A; ESTC R22287	14,160	25

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