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A26780 An account of the life and death of Mr. Philip Henry, minister of the gospel near Whitechurch in Shropshire, who dy'd June 24, 1696, in the sixty fifth year of his age Henry, Matthew, 1662-1714. 1698 (1698) Wing B1100A; ESTC R14627 175,639 290

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