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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80842	Catechizing Gods ordinance: or A short treatise concerning that [brace] ancient approved soul-edifying singularly necessary [brace] exercise of catechizing. Delivered in sundry sermons at Botolphs Aldgate, London. / By Zach. Crofton minister of the word.	Crofton, Zachary, 1625 or 6-1672.	1656 (1656)	Wing C6990; Thomason E1665_1; ESTC R208381	52,670	171

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