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A59425 The case of the present afflicted clergy in Scotland truly represented to which is added for probation the attestation of many unexceptionable witnesses to every particular, and all the publick acts and proclamations of the convention and Parliament relating to the clergy / by a lover of the church and his country. Sage, John, 1652-1711. 1690 (1690) Wing S285; ESTC R25113 80,027 132

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