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A38033 The Socinian creed, or, A brief account of the professed tenents and doctrines of the foreign and English Socinians wherein is shew'd the tendency of them to irreligion and atheism, with proper antidotes against them / by John Edwards ... Edwards, John, 1637-1716. 1697 (1697) Wing E212; ESTC R17329 116,799 294

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