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A25203 A confutation of some of the errors of Mr. Daniel Williams by the Reverend Mr. Vincent Alsop in a letter to the Reverend Mr. Daniel Burgesse. Alsop, Vincent, 1629 or 30-1703. 1698 (1698) Wing A2906; ESTC R16041 13,942 28

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