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A04199 The celestiall husbandrie: or, The tillage of the soule First, handled in a sermon at Pauls Crosse the 25. of February, 1616. By William Iackson, terme-lecturer at Whittington Colledge in London: and since then much inlarged by the authour, for the profit of the reader: with two tables to the same. Jackson, William, lecturer at Whittington College. 1616 (1616) STC 14321; ESTC S107500 126,595 177

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