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A20729 The Christians freedome wherein is fully expressed the doctrine of Christian libertie. By the rt. reuerend father in God, George Downeham, Doctor of Diuinity and Ld. Bp. of Derry. Downame, George, d. 1634. 1635 (1635) STC 7111; ESTC S102215 96,431 253

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