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A26001 Some generall observations upon Dr. Stillingfleet's book, and way of wrighting with a vindication of St. Ignatius Loyola, and his followers the Iesuits, from the foul aspersions he has lately cast upon them, in his discourse concerning the idolatry, &c. : in four letters, written to A.B. Ashby, Richard, 1614-1680. 1672 (1672) Wing A3942; ESTC R7040 65,474 73

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