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A17411 Sermons vpon the first chapter of the first epistle generall of Peter Wherein method, sense, doctrine and vse is with great varietie of matter profitably handled. By Nicholas Byfeild preacher of Gods word at Isleworth in Middlesex. The rest of the epistle may be published in due time, if God will. Byfield, Nicholas, 1579-1622. 1617 (1617) STC 4234; ESTC S120373 55,966 106

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