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A20729
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The Christians freedome wherein is fully expressed the doctrine of Christian libertie. By the rt. reuerend father in God, George Downeham, Doctor of Diuinity and Ld. Bp. of Derry.
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Downame, George, d. 1634.
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1635
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STC 7111; ESTC S102215
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