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A15447 Seuen goulden candlestickes houlding the seauen greatest lights of Christian religion shewing vnto all men what they should beleeue, & how they ought to walke in this life, that they may attayne vnto eternall life. By Gr: Williams Doctor of Divinity Williams, Gryffith, 1589?-1672.; Delaram, Francis, 1589 or 90-1627, engraver. 1624 (1624) STC 25719; ESTC S120026 710,322 935

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