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A54111 A brief examination and state of liberty spiritual both with respect to persons in their private capacity and in their church society and communion / written ... by a lover of true liberty, as it is in Jesus, William Penn. Penn, William, 1644-1718. 1681 (1681) Wing P1260; ESTC R32173 13,519 20

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