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A27157 An antidote against Arminianisme, or, A plain and brief discourse wherein the state of the question in all the five infamous articles of Arminius is set down, and the orthodox tenets confirmed by cleere scripturall grounds by R.B.K. R. B. K. 1641 (1641) Wing B156; ESTC R31267 24,771 136

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