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A62625 The spirit of popery tryed, whether it be of God a sermon preached before the King at Whitehall, upon the fifth of November, 1699 / by the Right Reverend Father in God William, Lord Bishop of Oxon. Talbot, William, 1658 or 9-1730. 1699 (1699) Wing T126; ESTC R33894 14,395 26

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