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A45647 A refutation of the objections against the attributes of God in general in a sermon preach'd at the cathedral-church of St. Paul, September the fifth, 1698 : being the sixth of the lecture for that year founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq. / by John Harris ... Harris, John, 1667?-1719. 1698 (1698) Wing H855; ESTC R15171 12,929 23

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