Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n
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A02914
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A short and plaine proofe by the word, and workes off God, that Gods decree is not the cause off anye mans sinne or condemnation And that all men are redeamed by Christ. As also. That no infants are condemned.
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Helwys, Thomas, 1550?-1616?
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STC 13055; ESTC S118308
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