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A30394 The mystery of iniquity unvailed in a discourse wherein is held forth the opposition of the doctrine, worship, and practices of the Roman Church to the nature, designs and characters of the Christian faith / by Gilbert Burnet ... Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715. 1673 (1673) Wing B5838; ESTC R35459 60,599 169

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