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A04028 A sermon vpon part of the second chapter of the first epistle of S. Iohn: Preached by Thomas Ingmethorp. The summe whereof is briefly comprised in this hexameter ... Ingmethorpe, Thomas. 1598 (1598) STC 14086; ESTC S106261 22,018 51

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