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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65408	The practical Sabbatarian, or, Sabbath-holiness crowned with superlative happiness by John Wells ...	Wells, John, 1623-1676.	1668 (1668)	Wing W1293; ESTC R39030	769,668	823

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