The perpetual governement of Christes Church : wherein are handled, the fatherly superioritie which God first established in the partriarkes for the guiding of his church ... (1593)
Bilson, Thomas, 1546 or 7-1616 · London : Imprinted by the Deputies of Christopher Barker · leaf 155
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