Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n
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A32788
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Persecutio undecima, or, The churches eleventh persecution being a brief of the fanatick persecution of the Protestant clergy of the Church of England, more particularly within the city of London : begun in Parliament, Anno Dom. 1641, and printed in the year 1648.
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Chestlin.
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Wing C3786; ESTC R23249
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