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imprimatur_fw-la g._n royse_n r._n r._n in_o christo_fw-la patri_fw-la ac_fw-la dom._n dom._n johanni_n archiep._n cantuar._n à _fw-la sacris_fw-la dome_v july_n 28_o 1691._o a_o practical_a discourse_n concern_v a_o future_a judgement_n by_o william_n sherlock_n d._n d._n dean_n of_o st._n paul_n master_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o chaplain_n in_o ordinary_a to_o their_o majesty_n london_n print_v for_o w._n rogers_n at_o the_o sun_n over-against_o st._n dunstan_n church_n in_o fleetstreet_n 1692._o to_o the_o queen_n most_o excellent_a majesty_n may_v it_o please_v your_o majesty_n to_o accept_v of_o this_o treatise_n a_o small_a part_n of_o which_o be_v preach_v in_o your_o royal_a chapel_n your_o majesty_n be_v please_v to_o excuse_v the_o print_n of_o it_o then_o that_o it_o may_v wait_v for_o the_o publication_n of_o the_o whole_a which_o your_o majesty_n be_v give_v to_o understand_v i_o intend_v which_o i_o now_o humble_o present_a to_o your_o sacred_a majesty_n rejoice_v that_o 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