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A77773 Short and plain directions for the observation of the Lords day as they were delivered in a sermon in the church of Mallow, in the diocess of Cloyne : suited to the capacity of the common people / by John Bulkelly, M.A. and rector of Cloyne. Bulkelly, John. 1697 (1697) Wing B5402; ESTC R42873 10,718 19

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read_v to_o the_o laodicean_n after_o