History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge: Including Notices Relating to the Founders and Eminent Men, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 - Cambridge (England) |
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... for the Truth of the Christian Religion , against the Jews and Gentiles revived , which he professes to treat of in a pe- culiar manner , but in a way of free and impartial in- quiry ; a second , of the exact Fitness of the Time , in ...
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