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A29268 God magnified, man dethroned presented to the Parliament, and synod of England : who sit as if judges for saints, as if leaders, and guides unto the generation of Jesus Christ, the body of the communion of God / by W. Bray. Bray, William, 17th cent. 1647 (1647) Wing B4302; ESTC R159 47,757 62

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