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A34970 Fanaticism fanatically imputed to the Catholick church by Doctour Stillingfleet and the imputation refuted and retorted / by S.C. a Catholick ... Cressy, Serenus, 1605-1674.; Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699. 1672 (1672) Wing C6898; ESTC R1090 75,544 216

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