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A44168 A sermon preached in the parish church of St. Magnus the Martyr, by London-Bridge, on Sunday February 11th, 1699/700 at the baptizing of some persons of riper years, brought up by Quakers and anabaptists, but now conform'd to the Church of England / by Richard Holland ... Holland, Richard, 1679-1706. 1700 (1700) Wing H2436A; ESTC R804 17,510 35

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