Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n
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Dying infants sav'd by grace proved and the blessd man with his blessedness described in a sermon preached near Namptwich in Cheshire at the burial of a deceased infant, July 25, 1695 / by S.A.
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Acton, Samuel, d. 1740?
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1699
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Wing A452; ESTC R28175
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