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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86527	Heautonaparnumenos: or A treatise of self-denyall. Intended for the pulpit; but now committed to the presse for the publike benefit.	Hooker, Thomas, 1586-1647.	1646 (1646)	Wing H2649; Thomason E336_8; ESTC R18443	63,517	71

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