Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40089	A sermon preached before the judges, &c. in the time of the assizes in the Cathedral church at Gloucester on Sunday Aug. 7, 1681 published to put a stop to false and injurious representations / by Edward Fowler.	Fowler, Edward, 1632-1714.	1681 (1681)	Wing F1716; ESTC R10669	23,348	42

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