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A56679 Mensa mystica; or A discourse concerning the sacrament of the Lords Supper In which the ends of its institution are so manifested; our addresses to it so directed; our behaviour there, and afterward, so composed, that we may not lose the benefits which are to be received by it. By Simon Patrick, D.D. minsiter of Gods Word at Batersea in Surrey. Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707. 1667 (1667) Wing P822A; ESTC R215619 205,852 511

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