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A96831 Beaten oyle for the lamps of the sanctuarie; or The great controversie concerning set prayers and our liturgie, examined in an epistle to a private friend: with an appendix that answers the paralell, and the most materiall objections of others against it. Unto which are added some usefull observations touching Christian libertie, and things indifferent. Womock, Laurence, 1612-1685. 1641 (1641) Wing W3338; Thomason E163_14; ESTC R4346 40,803 77

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