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A26211 The judgment of the learned and pious St. Augustine concerning penal lavves against conventicles : and for vnity in religion : deliver'd in his 48th epistle to Vincentius.; Epistolae. Number 48. English Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. 1670 (1670) Wing A4210; ESTC R4058 8,337 19

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