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A67403 The life and death of the eminently learned, pious, and painful minister of the gospel, Dr. Samuel Winter, sometime provest of Trinity Colledge near Dublin in Ireland together with some rare examples of Gods gracious answers to his prayers, upon several occasions. J. W. 1671 (1671) Wing W59A; ESTC R40677 35,328 96

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