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A20466 The second part of a plain discourse of an unlettered Christian wherein by way of demonstration hee shevveth vvhat the reasons bee vvhich hee doth ground upon in refusing conformity to kneeling in the act of receiving the Lords Supper / by Tho. Dighton ... Dighton, Thomas, fl. 1618-1619. 1619 (1619) STC 6877; ESTC S1696 42,581 96

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