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A54841 Empsychon nekron, or, The lifelessness of life on the hether side of immortality with (a timely caveat against procrastination) briefly expressed and applyed in a sermon preached at the funerall of Edward Peyto of Chesterton ... / by Thomas Pierce ... Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691. 1659 (1659) Wing P2182; ESTC R33405 28,827 44

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