Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29503	Six sermons preached before the late incomparable princess Queen Mary, at White-Hall with several additions and large annotations to the discourse of justification by faith / by George Bright ...	G. B. (George Bright), d. 1696.	1695 (1695)	Wing B4675; ESTC R36514	108,334	272

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