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A93834
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Judex expurgatorius: or, a short examination of the doctrine of purgatory, in a sermon upon 1 Pet.3.19. Together with an orthodoxall interpretation of the text. / By Am: Staveley, A.M.
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Staveley, Ambrose.
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Wing S5345; Thomason E850_2; ESTC R207399
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