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A04629 The court of conscience: or, Iosephs brethrens iudgement barre. By Thomas Barnes Barnes, Thomas, Minister of St. Margaret's, New Fish Street, London. 1623 (1623) STC 1475; ESTC S114798 47,631 166

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