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A60621 A catechism for bishops, deans, prebends, doctors, vicars, curates, and all prelaticals, for them to read in the fear of the Lord God, and with a meek and quiet spirit by William Smith. Smith, William, d. 1673. 1662 (1662) Wing S4291; ESTC R17813 18,536 24

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