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Conformity with piety, requisite in Gods service Delivered in a visitation sermon at Kingston upon Thames September 8. 1638. By William Hardwick priest and curate of Reigate, in Surry.
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Hardwick, William, priest and curate of Reigate.
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STC 12766; ESTC S103844
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