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A43966 The sting of death and death vnstvng delivered in two sermons in which is shewed the misery of the death of those that dye in their sins, & out of Christ, and the blessedness of theirs that dye in the Lord : preached on the occasion of the death of the truely noble and virtuous Lady Mildmay / by Leonard Hoar ... Hoar, Leonard, 1630?-1675. 1680 (1680) Wing H2200; ESTC R21593 30,404 33

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