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A33474 Vox corvi, or, The voice of a raven that thrice spoke these words distinctly, Look into Colossians the 3d and 15th : the text it self look'd into and opened in a sermon preached at Wigmore in the county of Hereford : to which is added serious addresses to the people of this kingdome, shewing the use we ought to make of this voice from heaven / by Alex. Clogie. Clogie, Alexander, 1614-1698. 1694 (1694) Wing C4724; ESTC R26607 70,214 178

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