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A28590 A plea for moderation towards dissenters occasioned by the grand-juries presenting the Sermon against persecution at the last assizes holden at Sherburn in Dorset-shire : to which is added An answer to the objections commonly made aganst that sermon / by Samuel Bolde ... Bold, S. (Samuel), 1649-1737. 1682 (1682) Wing B3484; ESTC R6070 34,266 46

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