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A28589 Observations on the animadversions (lately printed at Oxford) on a late book, entituled, The reasonableness of Christianity, as delivered in the Scriptures by S. Bold ... Bold, S. (Samuel), 1649-1737. 1698 (1698) Wing B3483; ESTC R20782 75,321 132

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