Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n
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A50917
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Of true religion, hæresie, schism, toleration, and what best means may be us'd against the growth of popery the author J.M.
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Milton, John, 1608-1674.
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1673
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Wing M2135; ESTC R8629
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