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A17319 Certaine questions and answeres, concerning the knovvledge of God vvhereunto are adioyned some questions and answeres, concerning the right vse of the law of God : taught publikely by vvay of catechising / by William Burton ... Burton, William, d. 1616. 1591 (1591) STC 4167; ESTC S260 79,192 160

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