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A17716 Sermons of Iohn Caluin, vpon the songe that Ezechias made after he had bene sicke and afflicted by the hand of God, conteyned in the 38. chapiter of Esay. Translated out of Frenche into Englishe. 1560.; Sermons de Jehan Calvin sur le cantique que feit le bon roy Ezéchias après qu'il eut été malade et affligé de la main de Dieu. English. Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; A. L., fl. 1560. 1560 (1560) STC 4450; ESTC S112753 69,545 126

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