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A80739 Divine drops distilled from the fountain of Holy Scriptures: delivered in several exercises before sermons, upon twenty and three texts of Scripture. By that worthy gospel preacher Gualter Cradock, late preacher at All-Hallows Great in London. Cradock, Walter, 1606?-1659. 1649 (1649) Wing C6757; Thomason E585_8; ESTC R206263 151,866 263

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