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A32818 Quod tibi, hoc alteri, ne alteri quod non vis tibi a profitable enquiry into that comprehensive rule of righteousness, do as you would be done by : being a practical discourse on S. Matt. vii, 12 / by Benjamin Camfield. Camfield, Benjamin, 1638-1693. 1671 (1671) Wing C382B; ESTC R25964 104,175 262

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