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A55419 The kingdom of heaven explain'd, and the way to glory manifested by Christ Jesus, the Lord and King of that kingdom held forth in a parable in Mat. 22 from verse 1 to ver. 13 : with some brief meditations upon the said parable / by James Pope. Pope, James, fl. 1675. 1675 (1675) Wing P2901; ESTC R4510 17,062 46

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