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A45474 A vindication of the ancient liturgie of the Church of England wherein the several pretended reasons for altering or abolishing the same, are answered and confuted / by Henry Hammond ... ; written by himself before his death. Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660. 1660 (1660) Wing H617; ESTC R21403 95,962 97

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