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A64259 Baxter's book entitul'd The cure of church-divisions answer'd & confuted and he prov'd to be a physitian of no value who hath manifested his folly and weakness in undertaking a work which he hath so little understanding in / by Thomas Taylor. Taylor, Thomas, 1618-1682. 1671 (1671) Wing T579; ESTC R26282 49,732 64

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