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A03645 A preparation into the waye of lyfe vvith a direction into the right vse of the Lords Supper: gathered by VVilliam Hopkinson, preacher of the worde of God. Hopkinson, William.; Dering, Edward, 1540?-1576. 1581 (1581) STC 13774; ESTC S120355 40,918 96

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