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A43796 The providence of God in sudden death ordinary and extraordinary vindicated and improved in a funeral sermon for Mrs. Mary Reve, wife to Mr. Nicholas Reve, merchant : first preached to the English Church in Rotterdam, January 14, 1685, and since enlarged / by Joseph Hill. Hill, Joseph, 1625-1707. 1685 (1685) Wing H2002; ESTC R12820 47,318 58

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