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Some mistaken scriptvres sincerely explained in answer to one infected with some Pelagian errours / written by Benjamin Cox when he was first prisoner in Coventrie, now published by the author for the clearing of the truth.
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Cox, Benjamin, fl. 1646.
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Wing C6715; ESTC R32491
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