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A26751 Corporal vvorship discuss'd and defended in a sermon preached at the visitation April 21, 1670, in Saviour's-Church Southwark, and published to prevent farther calumny / by W.B. Basset, William, 1644-1695. 1670 (1670) Wing B1051; ESTC R37086 18,178 37

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