Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n
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St. Peter's supremacy faithfully discuss'd according to Holy Scripture and Greek and Latin fathers with a detection and confutation of the errors of Protestant writers on this article : together with a succinct handling of several other considerable points.
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Clenche, William.
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1686
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Wing C4640; ESTC R5309
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