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A65372 Believers priviledges and duties and the exercise of communicants; holden forth in severall sermons: preached on diverse texts and at severall occasions. By the learned, pious and laborious servant of Jesus Christ, Mr Alexander Wedderburne first minister of the gospell at Forgan in Fife; and thereafter at Kilmarnock in the West. Part first. Wedderburn, Alexander, d. 1678. 1682 (1682) Wing W1238; ESTC R219480 104,769 240

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