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A03966 Lot's little one. Or Meditations on Gen. 19. vers. 20 Being the substance of severall sermons sometimes delivered by William Ince Mr in Arts, late senior fellow of Trinitie Colledge Dublin. Published since his death, by R.I. Ince, William, d. 1635. 1640 (1640) STC 14073; ESTC S119304 53,982 176

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