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A55343 A directory for youth Through all the difficulties attending that state of life. Or a discouse of youthful lusts. In which the nature and dinds of them are described, and remedies against them laid down. First preached to young people, and now published at their request. By Samuel Pomfret, minister of the gospel. Pomfret, Samuel, d. 1722. 1693 (1693) Wing P2798; ESTC R224107 117,456 254

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