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B08021 An exposytion in Englyshe vpon the Epistyll of saynt Paule to the Philippia[n]s/ for the instruction of them that be vnlerned in to[n]ges: gathered out of holy scriptures/ & of the olde catholike doctours of the church/ & of the best authors that now adayes do write. / By Lancelot Ridley of Cantorbury. ; Ouer seen by the ryght reuerend father in god Thomas by the sufferaunce of God archebysshop of Cantorbury..; Exposytion in Englyshe upon the Epistyll of saynt Paule to the Philippians Ridley, Lancelot, d. 1576.; Cranmer, Thomas, 1489-1556. 1550 (1550) STC 21041; ESTC S125944 83,399 173

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