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A54077 A weighty question, proposed to the King, and both Houses of Parliament together, with some queries about religion, for the good of mens souls, that they may seek after, and be established in that which gives life / by Isaac Penington. Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679. 1663 (1663) Wing P1220; ESTC R18887 4,751 10

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