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A40078 A discourse of the great disingenuity & unreasonableness of repining at afflicting providences and of the influence which they ought to have upon us, on Job 2, 10, publish'd upon occasion of the death of our gracious sovereign Queen Mary of most blessed memory : with a preface containing some observations, touching her excellent endowments, and exemplary life. Fowler, Edward, 1632-1714. 1695 (1695) Wing F1703; ESTC R7038 47,822 152

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