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A59650 A discourse of superstition with respect to the present times wherein the Church of England is vindicated from the imputation, and the the charge retorted not only on the papists, but also on men of other perswasions / by William Shelton ... Shelton, William, d. 1699. 1678 (1678) Wing S3097; ESTC R10846 60,551 205

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