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A00975 Ioy in tribulation. Or, Consolations for the afflicted spirits. By Phinees Fletcher, B.D. and minister of Gods Word at Hilgay in Norfolke Fletcher, Phineas, 1582-1650. 1632 (1632) STC 11080; ESTC S115109 82,914 348

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