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A84322 The church-sleeper awakened, or A discourse on Act. 20. 9. being the substance of two sermons composed and preached at Corke in Ireland. / By Joseph Eyres master of arts, and a servant of God in the Gospel of his son. Eyres, Joseph. 1659 (1659) Wing E3949; Thomason E1902_2; ESTC R209968 16,328 119

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