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A30126 Infirmity inducing to conformity, or, A scourge for impudent usurpers, and a cordiall for impotent Christians preached not long since in St. Peter's the Poore ... and in St. Pancras Church-yard when it could not be admitted into the church, July 8, 1649 / by Peter Bales ... Bales, Peter, 1547-1610? 1650 (1650) Wing B549; ESTC R3551 29,358 39

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