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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39935	Reformation sure and stedfast, or, A seasonable sermon for the present times shevving the life and death of reformation : preached June 15, 1641.	Ford, Thomas, 1598-1674.	1641 (1641)	Wing F1515; ESTC R8197	12,088	28

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