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A27048 A treatise of death, the last enemy to be destroyed shewing wherein its enmity consisteth and how it is destroyed : part of it was preached at the funerals [sic] of Elizabeth, the late wife of Mr. Joseph Baker ... / by Rich. Baxter ; with some few passages of the life of the said Mrs. Baker observed. Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. 1660 (1660) Wing B1425; ESTC R18115 87,475 324

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