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power_n	bishop_n	minister_n	presbyter_n	3,360	5	10.2331	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47573	The vvorld that now is; and the vvorld that is to come: or The first and second coming of Jesus Christ Wherein several prophecies not yet fulfilled are expounded. By Han. Knollys, a servant of Jesus Christ. Rev. I. 19.	Knollys, Hanserd, 1599?-1691.	1681 (1681)	Wing K726; ESTC R217229	58,589	161

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