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A07538
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A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse the 24. of October. 1624. By Robert Bedingfield Master of Arts, and student of Christ-Church in Oxford
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Bedingfield, Robert, 1597 or 8-1651.
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STC 1792; ESTC S101420
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