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A64371 A sermon concerning the cœlestial body of a Christian, after the resurrection preached before the King and Queen at White-Hall April 8, 1694, being Easter-day / by ... Thomas Lord Bishop of Lincoln. Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715. 1694 (1694) Wing T713; ESTC R20713 11,700 32

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