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A07876 The excellencie of the mysterie of Christ Iesus Declared in an exposition, or meditation vpon the 16. verse of the first epistle of Saint Paul vnto Timothie. Moffett, Peter, d. 1617. 1590 (1590) STC 18247; ESTC S114252 40,698 147

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