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A02740 The difference of hearers. Or An exposition of the parable of the sower Deliuered in certaine sermons at Hyton in Lancashire By William Harrison, his Maiesties preacher there. Together with a post-script to the Papists in Lancashire, containing an apologie for the points of controuersie touched in the sermons. Harrison, William, d. 1625. 1614 (1614) STC 12870; ESTC S116906 179,719 423

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