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A48800
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A good help for weak memories, or, The contents of every chapter in the Bible in alphabetical dysticks being very profitable for such as desire to repeat books or find out divers places in the Scripture, especially in the historical books : whereunto is added the order of times wherein the prophesies and New Testament were penned : and a chronology from Adam to the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus Vespasian : with other Scriptural passages made easie to be remembred.
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Lloyd, John, 1638-1687.
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Wing L2655; ESTC R3884
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