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The invalidity or unwarrantableness of lay-ordination: or, No ordaining power committed to the church by Jesus Christ : As the same is asserted and proved in a letter to a friend. Together with answers to sundry objections, &c. By George Beckwith, A.M. Pastor of a church in Lyme. [Six lines of Scripture texts].

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Main Author:	Beckwith, George, 1703-1794
Corporate Author:	Gale (Firm)
Other Authors:	Green, Timothy, 1737-1796 (Printer)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Subjects:	Ordination. Electronic books. Subscribers' lists.
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