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A96352 A sermon preached at Dorchester in the county of Dorcet, at the generall assizes held the 7. of March, 1632. / By John White of Dorchester, rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity. White, John, 1575-1648. 1648 (1648) Wing W1782; Thomason E469_6 33,644 43

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