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A17694 Foure sermons of Maister Iohn Caluin entreating of matters very profitable for our time, as may bee seene by the preface: with a briefe exposition of the LXXXVII. Psalme. Translated out of Frenche into Englishe by Iohn Fielde.; Quatre sermons avec exposition du Pseaume 87. English Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Fielde, John, d. 1588. 1579 (1579) STC 4439; ESTC S107288 80,601 132

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