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A39351 An exclamation to all those that love the Lord Jesus in sincerity against an apology written by an ingenious person, for Mr. Cowley's lascivious and prophane verses / by a dutiful son of the Church of England. Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707. 1670 (1670) Wing E675; ESTC R36225 6,702 20

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