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A19639 Three sermons viz. The walking sleeper, the ministeriall husbandrie, the discouerie of the heart. Preached and published by Sam. Crooke. Crook, Samuel, 1575-1649. 1615 (1615) STC 6069; ESTC S117125 72,467 211

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