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A93601 Scintillula altaris. or, A pious reflection on primitive devotion : as to the feasts and fasts of the Christian Church, orthodoxally revived. / By Edward Sparke, B.D.; Thysiasterion. Sparke, Edward, d. 1692. 1652 (1652) Wing S4807; Wing S4806; Thomason E1219_1; ESTC R203594 218,173 522

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