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A52862 The necessity of receiving the Holy Sacrament (that great test both of the Christian and Protestant religion) declared in a sermon, at a conference of the several ministers of the Deanery of Braughin, in the county of Hertford, appointed by the Right Reverend Father in God, Henry Lord Bishop of London, to be held at Ware, August 28, 1678 / by Robert Neville ... Neville, Robert, 1640 or 1-1694. 1679 (1679) Wing N523; ESTC R12405 14,625 32

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