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A46806 Exodus, or, The decease of holy men and ministers consider'd in the nature, certainty, causes, and improvement thereof : a sermon preach't Sept. 12. 1675 : by occasion of the much lamented death of that learned and reverend minister of Christ, Dr. Lazarus Seaman ... Jenkyn, William, 1613-1685. 1675 (1675) Wing J638; ESTC R18544 27,881 62

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