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A25410 Sacrilege a snare. A sermon preached, ad clerum, in the Vniversity of Cambridg, / by the R. Reverend Father in God Lancelot Andrews: late L. Bishop of Winchester. VVhen he proceeded Doctor in Divinity. Translated for the benefit of the publike. Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626. 1646 (1646) Wing A3151; ESTC R169 19,082 31

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