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A94352 Demetrius his opposition to reformation. A sermon very necessarie for these times. As it was delivered (this last vvinter) before a great assemblie in the city of London. by John Tillinghast, sometimes rector of Tarring-Nevill, now rector of Streate in the county of Sussex. Tillinghast, John, 1604-1655. 1642 (1642) Wing T1169; Thomason E151_26; ESTC R12132 52,893 59

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