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A41481 Apolytrōsis apolytrōseōs, or, Redemption redeemed wherein the most glorious work of the redemption of the world by Jesus Christ is ... vindicated and asserted ... : together with a ... discussion of the great questions ... concerning election & reprobation ... : with three tables annexed for the readers accommodation / by John Goodvvin ... Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665. 1651 (1651) Wing G1149; ESTC R487 891,336 626

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