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A65050 A vindication of their Majesties Wisdom in the nomination of some reverend persons to the vacant arch-bishopricks and bishopricks occasioned by the scandalous reflections of unreasonable men / by a minister of London. Minister of London. 1691 (1691) Wing V534; ESTC R29265 13,123 30

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