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A43648 An apology for the new separation in a letter to Dr. John Sharpe, Archbishop of York, occasioned by his farewell-sermon, preached on the 28th of June, at St. Giles's in the Fields. Hickes, George, 1642-1715. 1691 (1691) Wing H1841; ESTC R12652 21,953 20

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