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A59899 A vindication of both parts of the Preservative against popery in an answer to the cavils of Lewis Sabran, Jesuit / by William Sherlock ... Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707. 1688 (1688) Wing S3370; ESTC R21011 87,156 120

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80._o p._n 80._o ibid._n pag._n 19_o pag._n 79._o pag._n 81._o pag._n 79._o pag._n 85._o ibid._n pag._n 81._o p._n 87._o pag._n 87._o pag._n 77._o pag._n 82._o pag._n 78._o pag._n 79._o pag._n 78._o pag._n 82._o pag._n 83._o