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A42092 The compleat conformist, or, Seasonable advice concerning strict conformity, and frequent celebration of the holy Communion in a sermon preached (on the seventh of January, being the first Sunday after the Epiphany, in the year 1682) at the Cathedral, and in a letter written to the clergy of the archdeaconry of Durham / by Denis Grenville. Grenville, Denis, 1637-1703. 1684 (1684) Wing G1938; ESTC R8783 37,668 65

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