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A00408 The triall of true teares. Or the summons to repentance whereby the secure sinner is taught how to escape the terrible sentence of the supreame iudge. Meditated vpon Christes weeping ouer Ierusalem, very necessarie for these present times. By William Est, Maister of Arts, and preacher of Gods Word. Est, William, 1546 or 7-1625. 1613 (1613) STC 10538; ESTC S118581 39,437 98

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