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A65250 The marks of the true church the virgin & spouse of Christ that brings forth by a holy seed the birth that pleaseth God, and the marks of the false church, or whore, that brings forth by an evil seed the cursed birth that never could please God / by Morgan Watkins. Watkins, Morgan, fl. 1653-1670. 1675 (1675) Wing W1067; ESTC R26308 20,590 28

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