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A62952 Pharisaism display'd, or Hypocrisie detected In a sermon preached in St. Mary's Church in Stamford, August the 21st, 1690. Being the triennial visitation of the right Reverend father in God, Thomas Lord Bishop of Lincoln. By George Topham, prebendary of Lincoln. Topham, George, d. 1694. 1690 (1690) Wing T1907; ESTC R220704 11,882 34

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