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A08356 Eight sermons publikely preached in the Vniversity of Oxford the second at St Peters in the East, the rest at St. Maries Church. Begunne in the yeare 1595. Decemb. XIIII. Now first published by Sebastian Benefield ... Benefield, Sebastian, 1559-1630. 1614 (1614) STC 1868; ESTC S101614 129,711 164

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