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A27234 The doctrine of a general resurrection wherein the identity of the rising body is asserted against the Socinians and scepticks : in a sermon preach'd before the University at St. Mary's in Oxford, on Easter-Monday, Apr. 5 / by Tho. Beconsall ... Becconsall, Thomas, d. 1709. 1697 (1697) Wing B1656; ESTC R1506 19,938 35

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