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A27514 A threefold treatise of the Sabbath distinctly divided into the patriarchall, mosaicall, Christian Sabbath : for the better clearing and manifestation of the truth ... / by Richard Bernard ... Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641. 1641 (1641) Wing B2037; ESTC R34406 149,622 232

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