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A70454 The harmony of the foure evangelists among themselves, and with the Old Testament : the first part, from the beginning of the gospels to the baptisme of our saviour, with an explanation of the chiefest difficulties both in language and sense / by John Lightfoote ... Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675. 1644 (1644) Wing L2058; ESTC R11993 206,792 264

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