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A26065 Evangelium armatum, A specimen, or short collection of several doctrines and positions destructive to our government, both civil and ecclesiastical preached and vented by the known leaders and abetters of the pretended reformation such as Mr. Calamy, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Case, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Caryll, Mr. Marshall, and others, &c. Assheton, William, 1641-1711.; Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666.; Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. 1663 (1663) Wing A4033; ESTC R4907 49,298 71

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