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A54024 The axe laid to the root of the old corrupt-tree, and the spirit of deceit struck at in its nature from whence all the error from the life, among both papists and Protestants hath arisen, and by which it is nourished and fed at this day, in a distinction between the faith which is of man, and the faith which is of God ... / by ... Isaac Penington the younger. Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679. 1659 (1659) Wing P1152; ESTC R228095 43,395 52

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