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A35043 Fraterna correptio, or, The saints zeale against sinful altars delivered in a sermon preached on a day of humiliation for the error, heresies, & schisms of our times and nations / by Z.C., minister of the word. Crofton, Zachary, 1625 or 6-1672. 1655 (1655) Wing C6994; ESTC R23793 70,876 177

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