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A46878 A sermon preached before Q. Elizabeth by that learned and reverend man Iohn Iewel ... ; with an answer of the same authour to some frivolous objections against the government of the church. Jewel, John, 1522-1571. 1641 (1641) Wing J739; ESTC R16610 20,215 57

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