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A54249 The true primitive state of civill and ecclesiasticall government discussed and cleared also a vvay briefly propounded to reconcile the saints, by what names (now) soever distinguished, in unity of doctrine and discipline, according to our covenant in a government neerest to the word of God. D. P. 1649 (1649) Wing P14; ESTC R35085 22,555 32

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