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A48432 A commentary upon the Acts of the Apostles, chronicall and criticall the difficulties of the text explained, and the times of the story cast into annals : the first part, from the beginning of the Booke, to the end of the twelfth chapter : with a briefe survey of the contemporary story of the Jews and Romans / by John Lightfoot ... Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675. 1645 (1645) Wing L2052; ESTC R21614 222,662 354

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