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A49808 Baptismalogia, or, A treatise concerning baptisms whereto is added a discourse concerning the supper, bread and vvine, called also, communion / by Thomas Lawson. Lawson, Thomas, 1630-1691. 1678 (1678) Wing L723; ESTC R36244 71,361 108

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