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A91895 Endoxa, or, Some probable inquiries into truth, both divine and humane: together with a stone to the altar: or, short disquisitions on a few difficult places of Scripture; as also, a calm ventilation of Pseudo-doxia epidemica. / By John Robinson, Dr. of Physick. Translated and augmented by the author.; Endoxa. English Robinson, John, M.D. 1658 (1658) Wing R1700; Thomason E1821_1; ESTC R203377 61,732 159

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