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A03333 A briefe consideration of mans iniquitie, and Gods iustice wherein the distinction of 1. sinnes into veniall, mortall, 2. sinnes and punishments into æquall, vnæquall is scholastically examined. Higgons, Theophilus, 1578?-1659. 1608 (1608) STC 13453; ESTC S116034 10,611 45

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