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A30987 A treatise of fornication shewing what the sin is, how to flee it, motives and directions to shun it : upon 1 Cor. VI, XVIII : also, A penitentiary sermon upon John viii. II / by W.B., M.A. W. B. (William Barlow), b. 1617 or 18. 1690 (1690) Wing B848; ESTC R10545 68,090 89

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