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B03645 Certain considerations against the vanities of this world, and the terrors of death. VVritten by Doctor John Hewit, and delivered to a friend, a little before his death on Tower Hill, June the 8. 1658. Go pale-fac'd paper, tell the world that I, do die in peace and perfect charity. Hewit, John, 1614-1658. 1658 (1658) Wing H1632; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.2[23]; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[69] 1,503 1

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