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A03104 The mirror of pure devotion: or, The discovery of hypocrisie Delivered in sixe severall sermons, in the Cathedrall Church of Chichester, by way of an exposition of the parable of the Pharises and the publican. By R.B. preacher of the word, at Chidham in the county of Sussex. Ball, Robert, fl. 1635. 1635 (1635) STC 1323; ESTC S113587 64,577 210

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