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B07515 A description of new Jerushalem being the substaunce of two sermons deliuered at Paules Crosse. Containing, a briefe discouery and conuiction of certayne doctrines held of Romanists and Brownists against the Catholike and Apostolike faith. / By Henoch Clapham.. Clapham, Henoch. 1601 (1601) STC 5336.5; ESTC S91453 37,377 126

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