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A pastime for parents: or A recreation to passe away the time; contayning the most principall grounds of Christian religion. By Arthur Dent preacher of the word of God at South-Shoobery in Essex.
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Dent, Arthur, d. 1607.
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STC 6622; ESTC S116342
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