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A47594 The general London epistle of Quirinus Kuhlman a Christian, to the Wiclef-Waldenses, Hussites, Zuinglians, Lutherans, and Calvinists being an explication of a vision and prophecy of John Kregel : wherein the reformation from popery is fundamentally asserted, and the union of Protestants convincingly urged : together with a postscript relating to the present popish plot : translated from the Latine copy printed at Rotterdam in May 1679.; Epistolarum Londinensium Catholica. English Kuhlmann, Quirin, 1651-1689. 1679 (1679) Wing K754; ESTC R17471 39,278 80

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