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A15393 Eliah's vvish a prayer for death. A sermon preached at the funerall of the Right Honourable Viscount Sudbury, Lord Bayning. By Ro: Willan D.D. Chaplaine to his Maiesty. Willan, Robert, d. 1630.; Spencer, John, d. 1680. 1630 (1630) STC 25670; ESTC S120043 16,811 52

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