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A46649 A sermon preached at the consecration of the Honourable Dr. Henry Compton, Lord Bishop of Oxford, in Lambeth-Chappel, on Sunday, December 6, 1674 by William Jane ... Jane, William, 1645-1707. 1675 (1675) Wing J455; ESTC R21231 23,378 49

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