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A13836 The three questions of free iustification. Christian liberty. The use of the Law Explicated in a briefe comment on St. Paul to the Galatians, from the 16. ver. of the second chapter, to the 26. of the third. By Sam. Torshell pastor of Bunbury in Cheshire. Torshell, Samuel, 1604-1650. 1632 (1632) STC 24143; ESTC S101743 73,396 324

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