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A94266 A vvarning-piece for the slumbring virgins. Or, An alarm to the friends of the bridegroom, in some awakening meditations upon Christ's own watch-word, Matth. 26.41. Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation, &c. / By Geo: Scortreth, preacher of the Gospel in Lincoln. Scortreth, George, b. 1612 or 13. 1657 (1657) Wing S937; Thomason E1638_3; ESTC R209055 57,932 207

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