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A02031 A familiar exposition or commentarie on Ecclesiastes VVherein the worlds vanity, and the true felicitie are plainely deciphered. By Thomas Granger, preacher of the Word at Butterwike in East-holland, Lincolne. Granger, Thomas, b. 1578. 1621 (1621) STC 12178; ESTC S103385 263,009 371

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