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A65322 New prayers and meditations with pious exhortations for fast-days pursuant to Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary's injunctions to suppress irreligion and prophaneness / by Tho. Watts, Vicar of Orpington and St. Mary Crey in Kent. Watts, Thomas, 1665-1739. 1692 (1692) Wing W1157; ESTC R38244 22,013 34

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