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A10040 Short questions and answers, plainely opening and explaining both the nature and also the vse of the sacraments of baptisme and the Lords Supper Very profitable for all those who desire to know the nature and vse of the said sacraments. By Richard Preston, preacher of the Word of God at Rushden in Northhampton shiere. Preston, Richard, d. ca. 1624. 1621 (1621) STC 20286; ESTC S115178 6,203 30

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