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A62578 The Protestant religion vindicated, from the charge of singularity & novelty in a sermon preached before the King at White-Hall, April the 2d 1680 / by John Tillotson ... Tillotson, John, 1630-1694. 1680 (1680) Wing T1214; ESTC R4634 12,405 35

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