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Gospel advice to godly builders: for the pulling down of Babel, and the building up of Sion. For the most part written in three letters, to be communicated to the Reverend Assembly of Ministers in Westminster. By the unworthiest of all the Gospel ministers, John Brayne.
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Brayne, John.
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1648
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Wing B4325; Thomason E475_37; ESTC R205459
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