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A86127 Hell's everlasting flames avoided, and heaven's eternal felicities injoyed containing the penitent sinner's sad lamentation for the deplorableness of his impious life ... : also holy preparations to a worthy receiving of the Lord's Supper ... / by John Hayward, D.D. Hayward, John, D.D. 1696 (1696) Wing H1231A; ESTC R42331 47,842 119

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