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A07790
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A short treatise of death in sixe chapters Together with the ænigmatick description of old age and death written Ecclesiastes 12 chap. exponed and paraphrased in English meetre. Written by Mr. William Morray minister of Gods word.
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Morray, William.
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1631
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STC 18167; ESTC S121485
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