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A13272 Sermons vpon solemne occasions preached in severall auditories. By Humphrey Sydenham, rector of Pokington in Somerset. Sydenham, Humphrey, 1591-1650? 1637 (1637) STC 23573; ESTC S118116 163,580 323

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