Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00726	A learned sermon preached before the King at VVhitehall, on Friday the 16 of March: by M. Doctor Field: Chaplaine to his Maiestie; Learned sermon preached before the King at Whitehall, on Friday the 16 of March.	Field, Richard, 1561-1616.	1604 (1604)	STC 10855; ESTC S115098	14,831	44

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