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B01694 An ordinance presented to the Honourable house of Commons, by Mr. Bacon, a lawyer in Suffolk, and Mr. Taet, both of the Members of the same House, and by their meanes was twice read, and referred to a committee. : Pretended for preventing, growing and spreading of heresies. With some briefe observations thereupon, shewing how contrary it is to that law of love, which teacheth men to doe to others, as they would have others doe to them. Bacon, Nathaniel, 1593-1660.; Taet, Mr. 1646 (1646) Wing B356; ESTC R201099 3,057 10

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