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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

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1682.
Call number: 12857
Creator: Bisbie, Nathaniel (1635-1695)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 4to
Associated organization: Bridgewater House Library,
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