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A49529
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Episcopall inheritance, or, A reply to the humble examination of a printed abstract of the answers to nine reasons of the Hovse of Commons against the votes of bishops in Parliament also a determination of the learned and reverend bishop of Sarum Englished.
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Langbaine, Gerard, 1609-1658.
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Wing L367; ESTC R22130
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