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B09923 An epistle concerning baptism. [occai]sionally written upon the sight [of] two treatises published by Thomas James father of a Presbyterian congre[ga]tion at Ashford in Kent : who [ha]th reflected upon the baptized [C]hristians / [by] [W]illiam Russell. Russel, William. 1696 (1696) Wing R2357B; ESTC R187283 23,383 34

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