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A28223 Prosecution no persecution, or, The difference between suffering for disobedience and faction, and suffering for righteousness and Christ's sake truly discussed and stated in a sermon upon Phil. I. 29, preached at Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk on the 22th of March, 1681, being the time of the general assizes there held / by Nath. Bisbie ... Bisbie, Nathaniel, 1635-1695. 1682 (1682) Wing B2983; ESTC R18612 20,745 38

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