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A11011 Lectures vpon the Epistle of Paul to the Colossians. Preached by that faithfull seruant of God, Maister Robert Rollok, sometime rector of the Vniuersitie of Edenburgh Rollock, Robert, 1555?-1599.; Holland, Henry, 1555 or 6-1603. 1603 (1603) STC 21282; ESTC S116223 383,986 492

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