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A54407 Indulgence not justified being a continuation of the Discourse of toleration, in answer to the arguments of a late book entituled A peace-offering, or plea for indulgence, and to the cavils of another call'd The second discourse of the religion in England. Perrinchief, Richard, 1623?-1673. 1668 (1668) Wing P1594; ESTC R26874 40,846 54

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