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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61439	A profession of faith comprizing the ancient forms of the Catholick Church with other articles relating to the terms of communion with the present church of Rome / by E.S., an English Catholick.	E. S., English Catholick.; Stephens, Edward, d. 1706.	1700 (1700)	Wing S5436; ESTC R13750	20,568	25

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