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A43071 A sermon preached at St. Olave Southwark, September the 8th, 1700 occasioned by the recantation of Dr. Joh. Spire, lately a Quaker : which said recantation is added at the end / by John Haslewood ... Haslewood, John, b. 1647.; Spire, John. Oration at the parish-church of St. Olave-Southwark. 1700 (1700) Wing H1132; ESTC R14553 11,771 28

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