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A77854 VindiciƦ legis: or, A vindication of the morall law and the covenants, from the errours of papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially, Antinomians. In XXIX. lectures, preached at Laurence-Jury, London. / By Anthony Burgess, preacher of Gods Word. Burgess, Anthony, d. 1664. 1646 (1646) Wing B5666; Thomason E357_3; ESTC R201144 253,466 294

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