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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42358	A treatise of ruling elders and deacons In which, these things which belong to the understanding of their office and duty, are clearly and shortly set down. By a Minister of the Church of Scotland.	Guthrie, James, 1612?-1661.	1690 (1690)	Wing G2265A; ESTC R215845	24,270	96

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