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A47779 Divine dialogues, viz. Dive's doom, Sodom's flames and Abraham's faith containing the histories of Dives and Lazarus, the destruction of Sodom, and Abraham's sacrificing his son : to which is added Joseph reviv'd, or, The history of his life and death / by George Lesly ... Lesly, George, d. 1701. 1678 (1678) Wing L1174; ESTC R34518 59,138 156

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