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A review of Mr. Richard Baxter's life wherein many mistakes are rectified, some false relations detected, some omissions supplyed out of his other books, with remarks on several material passages / by Thomas Long ...
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Long, Thomas, 1621-1707.
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time_n the_o arian_n exercise_v great_a cruelty_n not_o only_o on_o the_o orthodox_n bishop_n but_o against_o each_o other_o for_o under_o they_o spring_v up_o the_o novatian_o and_o eunomian_o lib._n 4._o cap._n 23._o and_o lib._n 5._o cap._n 20._o who_o all_o agree_v in_o the_o arian_n heresy_n but_o persecute_v one_o another_o so_o do_v the_o