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A33980 Thirteen sermons upon several useful subjects two of them being funeral dicourses, occasioned by the death of the Reverend Mr. Nathaniel Mitchel, Minister of the Gospel ... / by John Collinges ...; Sermons. Selections Collinges, John, 1623-1690. 1684 (1684) Wing C5344; ESTC R16837 141,524 284

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