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A61555
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Ecclesiastical cases relating to the duties and rights of the parochial clergy stated and resolved according to the principles of conscience and law / by the Right Reverend Father in God, Edward, Lord Bishop of Worcester.
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Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699.
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Wing S5593; ESTC R33861
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