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A25250 Ultima, = the last things in reference to the first and middle things: or certain meditations on life, death, judgement, hell, right purgatory, and heaven: delivered by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes in Lancashire.; Prima, media, & ultima. Ultima. Ambrose, Isaac, 1604-1664. 1650 (1650) Wing A2970; ESTC R27187 201,728 236

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