Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n
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A27219
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Exercitations concerning the pure, and true, and the impure, and false religion. By Charles de Beauvais rector of the parish of Witheham, in the county of Sussex
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Beauvais, Charles de.
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1665
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Wing B1640B; ESTC R218158
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