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A17587 A re-examination of the five articles enacted at Perth anno 1618 To wit. concerning the communicants gesture in the act of receaving. The observation of festivall dayes. Episcopall confirmation or bishopping. The administration of baptisme and the supper of the Lord in privat places. Calderwood, David, 1575-1650. 1636 (1636) STC 4363; ESTC S107473 157,347 259

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