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A95414 The scriptures sufficiency to determine all matters of faith, made good against the Papist: or, That a Christian may be infallibly certain of his faith and religion by the Holy Scriptures. By that great and famous light of Gods Church, William Twisse D.D. and prolocutor of the late assembly of divines. Twisse, William, 1578?-1646. 1656 (1656) Wing T3424; Thomason E1698_2; ESTC R209446 47,921 167

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