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A11115 Heavens glory, seeke it. Earts [sic] vanitie, flye it. Hells horror, fere it Rowlands, Samuel, 1570?-1630?; Sparke, Michael, d. 1653, attributed name. 1628 (1628) STC 21383; ESTC S112117 58,519 284

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