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A55769 Confirmation confirmed and recommended from Scripture, antiquity, and reason in a sermon preached in the Cathedrall Church of St. Mary in Sarum, at a solemn confirmation there administered by the Right Reverend Father in God Humphrey, Lord Bishop of Sarum / by John Priaulx ... Priaulx, John, 1614?-1674. 1662 (1662) Wing P3330; ESTC R9213 31,118 42

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