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Conformity with piety, requisite in Gods service Delivered in a visitation sermon at Kingston upon Thames September 8. 1638. By William Hardwick priest and curate of Reigate, in Surry.
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Hardwick, William, priest and curate of Reigate.
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conformity_n with_o piety_n requisite_a in_o god_n service_n deliver_v in_o a_o visitation_n sermon_n at_o kingston_n upon_o thames_n september_n 8._o 1638._o by_o william_n hardwick_n priest_n and_o curate_n of_o reigate_n in_o surry_n sint_fw-la unum_fw-la doceant_fw-la unum_fw-la fateantur_fw-la et_fw-la unum_fw-la vnum_fw-la qui_fw-la à _fw-la christi_fw-la nomine_fw-la nomen_fw-la habent_fw-la london_n print_v by_o i._n okes_n for_o richard_n cartwright_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v at_o his_o shop_n in_o duck_n lane_n next_o smithfield_n 1638._o to_o the_o most_o reverend_a father_n in_o god_n william_n lord_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n primate_n of_o all_o england_n and_o metropolitan_a chancellor_n of_o the_o university_n of_o oxford_n and_o one_o of_o his_o majesty_n most_o honourable_a privy_a council_n most_o reverend_a father_n in_o god_n i_o know_v your_o grace_n can_v but_o wonder_v that_o so_o mean_v a_o person_n every_o way_n as_o myself_o and_o one_o altogether_o 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