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A63848 A letter to Mr Richard Baxter occasioned by several injurious reflexions of his upon a treatise entituled Justificatio Paulina. For the better information of his weake or credulous readers. By Thomas Tully D.D. Tully, T. (Thomas), 1620-1676. 1675 (1675) Wing T3245; ESTC R224067 20,161 42

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prov._n 9_o 8._o 9_o rebuke_v a_o wise_a man_n and_o he_o will_v love_v thou_o give_v instruction_n to_o a_o wise_a man_n and_o he_o will_v be_v yet_o wise_a finis_fw-la errata_fw-la pag._n 12._o lin_v 10._o read_v effect_n pag._n 14._o lin_v 6._o read_v wriggle_v pag_n 29._o lin_v 17._o read_v scholar_n pag._n 27._o lin_v ult_n read_v import_v