A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, fol. 243
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A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, fol. 243. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/727097563:0315?run=74