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A04985 Sermons vvith some religious and diuine meditations. By the Right Reuerend Father in God, Arthure Lake, late Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells. Whereunto is prefixed by way of preface, a short view of the life and vertues of the author Lake, Arthur, 1569-1626. 1629 (1629) STC 15134; ESTC S113140 1,181,342 1,122

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