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A35564 To J.S., the author of Sure-footing, his letter, lately published, The answer of Mer. Casaubon, D.D., concerning the new way of infallibility lately devised to uphold the Roman cause, the Holy Scriptures, antient fathers and councills laid aside Casaubon, Meric, 1599-1671. 1665 (1665) Wing C811; ESTC R3910 21,053 27

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