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A27625 A sermon of the true, spiritual transubstantiation, oppos'd to the gross, carnal, imaginary transubstantiation wherein the true meaning of the Lord's Supper is opened, in order to a constant, habitual and actual preparation to it / by Beverley. Beverley, Thomas. 1687 (1687) Wing B2175; ESTC R18401 43,861 64

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