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A49230 VindiciƦ Evangelii, or, A vindication of the Gospel, with the establishment of the law being a reply to Mr. Steven Geree's treatise entituled, The doctrine of the Antinomians confuted : wherein he pretends to charge divers dangerous doctrines on Dr. Crisp's sermons, as anti-evangelical and antinomical / by Robert Lancaster ... Lancaster, Robert, b. 1603 or 4. 1694 (1694) Wing L313; ESTC R5714 69,011 72

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