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A34199 Urim and thummim, or, The clergies dignity and duty recommended in a visitation sermon preached at Lewes April 27, 1669 / by Malachi Conant ... Connant, M. (Malachi), d. 1680. 1669 (1669) Wing C5690; ESTC R43114 15,761 30

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