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A52051 A sermon of the baptizing of infants preached in the Abbey-Church at Westminster at the morning lecture, appointed by the honorable House of Commons / by Stephen Marshall ... Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655. 1644 (1644) Wing M774; ESTC R876 44,378 66

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