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A61204 Death and the grave no bar to believers happiness, or, A sermon preached at the funerall of the Lady Honor Vyner, in the Parish Church of Mary Wolnoth in Lombardstreet, July 10, 1656 by William Spurstow ... Spurstowe, William, 1605?-1666. 1656 (1656) Wing S5092; ESTC R13492 19,798 58

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