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A94862 Triple episcopacie or, a three-fold order of bishops : one of God, another of men, and another of the divell; the two later must be pluckt up, the former only must continue, and the reasons why. With a declaration of certaine other weighty points concerning the discipline and government of the church 1641 (1641) Wing T2287; Thomason E178_1; ESTC R212674 11,795 16

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