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A68902 The holy table, name & thing more anciently, properly, and literally used under the New Testament, then that of an altar: written long ago by a minister in Lincolnshire, in answer to D. Coal, a judicious divine of Q. Maries dayes. Williams, John, 1582-1650. 1637 (1637) STC 25725.2; ESTC S120079 170,485 253

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