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A14678 Alæ seraphicæ The seraphins vvings to raise us unto heauen. Deliuered in six sermons, partly at Saint Peters in Westminster, partly at S. Aldates in Oxford. 1623. By Iohn Wall Doctor in Diuinity, of Christ-Church in Oxford. Wall, John, 1588-1666. 1627 (1627) STC 24985; ESTC S119339 77,171 152

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