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A40880 The magistrates concern in Christ's kingdom a sermon preached at the assizes at Winchester, July 14, 1697 / by Roger Farbrother, Vicar of Holy-Rhoods in Southampton. Farbrother, Roger. 1698 (1698) Wing F421; ESTC R36415 15,012 37

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