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A26816 The way to the highest honour a funeral sermon, on John XII, 26, preach'd upon the decease of the Rnd Tho. Jacomb ... April 3, 1687 / by William Bates ... Bates, William, 1625-1699. 1687 (1687) Wing B1131; ESTC R14324 38,983 138

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