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earth_n	bind_v	church_n	loose_v	5,649	5	10.5331	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66973	The second and third treatises of the first part of ancient church-government the second treatise containing a discourse of the succession of clergy.	R. H., 1609-1678.; R. H., 1609-1678. Third treatise of the first part of ancient church-government.	1688 (1688)	Wing W3457; ESTC R38759	176,787	312

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