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A61262 A little handful of cordial comforts scattered thorowout several answers, to sixteen questions, and objections following : intended chiefly for the good of those that walk mournfully before God ... / by Richard Standfast ... Standfast, Richard, 1608?-1684. 1665 (1665) Wing S5210; ESTC R33851 22,608 84

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