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A17267 Baptismall regeneration of elect infants professed by the Church of England, according to the Scriptures, the primitiue Church, the present reformed churches, and many particular divines apart. By Cor: Burges ... Burges, Cornelius, 1589?-1665. 1629 (1629) STC 4109; ESTC S107058 180,308 364

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