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A73882 The Christian's theorico-practicon: or, His whole duty consisting of knowledge and practice. Expressed in two sermons or discourses at S. Maryes in Oxon. By Robert Dyer, Mr. of Arts, late of Lincolne Colledge and Hart-hall in Oxon, now lecturer at the Devizes in Wiltshire. Dyer, Robert, b. 1602 or 3. 1633 (1633) STC 7393.5; ESTC S125218 27,164 126

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