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A61677 A congregational church is a catholike visible church, or, An examination of M. Hudson his vindication concerning the integrality of the catholike visible church wherein also satisfaction is given to what M. Cawdrey writes touching that subject, in his review of M. Hooker's Survey of church discipline / by Samuel Stone ... Stone, Samuel, 1602-1663.; Mather, Samuel, 1626-1671.; Cotton, John, 1584-1652. 1652 (1652) Wing S5734; ESTC R13023 44,012 51

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