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A53667 A brief and impartial account of the nature of the Protestant religion its present state in the world, its strength and weakness, with the wayes and indications of the ruine or continuance of its publick national profession / by a Protestant. Owen, John, 1616-1683. 1682 (1682) Wing O716; ESTC R11764 23,846 42

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