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A93868 VindiciƦ fundamenti: or A threefold defence of the doctrine of original sin: together with some other fundamentals of salvation the first against the exceptions of Mr. Robert Everard in his book entituled, The creation and the fall of man. The second against the examiners of the late assemblies confession of faith. The third against the allegations of Dr. Jeremy Taylor, in his Unum necessarium, and two letter treatises of his. By Nathaniel Stephens minister of Fenny-Drayton in Leicestershire. Stephens, Nathaniel, 1606?-1678. 1658 (1658) Wing S5452; Thomason E940_1; ESTC R207546 207,183 256

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