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A36211 The Doctrine of the Catholick Church and of the Church of England concerning the blessed Trinity explained and asserted against the dangerous heterodoxes in a sermon by Dr. William Sherlock before my Lord Mayor and the court of aldermen. 1697 (1697) Wing D1774; ESTC R1156 21,435 32

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