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A15303 The lawlesse kneelesse schismaticall Puritan. Or A confutation of the author of an appendix, concerning bowing at the name of Iesus. Written by Giles Widdowes rector of St Martins Church in Oxford, and late fellow of Oriell Colledge Widdowes, Giles, 1558?-1645. 1630 (1630) STC 25593; ESTC S120669 63,717 96

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