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A93958 Ad clerum. A sermon preached at a visitation holden at Grantham in the county and diocess of Lincolne, 8. Octob. 1641. By a late learned prelate. Now published by his own copy. Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. 1670 (1670) Wing S580; ESTC R228093 21,750 45

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