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faith_n authority_n divine_a infallible_a 4,224 5 9.5906 5 false
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B03012 A soveraign counter-poyson prepared by a faithfull hand for the speedy revivscence of Andrew Sall late sacrilegious apostat ... / Contriv'd by J. E. J. E. 1674 (1674) Wing E16; ESTC R171890 44,784 118

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