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A77758 The ordinance of excommunication rightly stated and vindicated from severall false opinions concerning it. By a lover of truth and peace. Feb. 17. 1645. Imprimatur. John Downame. Bakewell, Thomas, b. 1618 or 19. 1646 (1646) Wing B535; Thomason E325_9; ESTC R200624 8,442 8

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