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A94870 Lutherus redivivus, or, The Protestant doctrine of justification by Christ's righteousness imputed to believers, explained and vindicated. Part II by John Troughton, Minister of the Gospel, sometimes Fellow of S. John's Coll. in Oxon ... [quotation, Augustine. Epist. 105]. Troughton, John, 1637?-1681. 1678 (1678) Wing T2314A; ESTC R42350 139,053 283

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