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A89032 Good company being a collection of various, serious, pious meditations; Christian experiences, sayings, sentences; useful for instruction, consolation and confirmation. / By John Melvin, M.A. preacher of the word at Udimer in Sussex. Melvin, John, M.A. 1659 (1659) Wing M1656; Thomason E2124_1; ESTC R210169 44,421 139

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