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A27029 The Scripture Gospel defended, and Christ, grace, and free justification vindicated against the libertines ... in two books : the first, a breviate of fifty controversies about justification ... : the second upon the sudden reviving of antinomianism ... and the re-printing of Dr. Crisp's sermons with additions ... / by Richard Baxter ... Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. 1690 (1690) Wing B1397; ESTC R20024 135,131 242

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