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A61908 A gospel-glasse, representing the miscarriages of English professors, both in their personal and relative capacities ..., or, A call from heaven to sinners and saints by repentance and reformation to prepare to meet God. Stuckley, Lewis, 1621 or 2-1687. 1667 (1667) Wing S6088; ESTC R13173 281,871 514

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