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book_n	old_a	part_n	testament_n	2,968	5	7.9440	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28584	An examination of Dr. Comber's Scholastical history of the primitive and general use of liturgies in the Christian church by S.B.	Bold, S. (Samuel), 1649-1737.	1690 (1690)	Wing B3479; ESTC R18212	38,935	70

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