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A85423 Dies Dominicus redivivus; or, The Lords Day enlivened or a treatise, as to discover the practical part of the evangelical Sabbath: so to recover the spiritual part of that pious practice to its primitive life: lamentably lost, in these last declining times. By Philip Goodvvin M.A. preacher of the Gospel, and pastour of the publike congregation at Watford in Hartford shire. Goodwin, Philip, d. 1699. 1654 (1654) Wing G1214; Thomason E1470_3; ESTC R208694 198,721 533

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