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A34663 A brief exposition of the whole book of Canticles, or Song of Solomon lively describing the estate of the church in all the ages thereof, both Jewish and Christian, to this day ... / written by that learned and godly divine, John Cotton ... Cotton, John, 1584-1652. 1642 (1642) Wing C6410; ESTC R20552 96,952 268

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