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A18052 A plaine and compendious exposition of Christs Sermon in the Mount contayned in the 5.6.7. chapters of Saint Matthew. Being the substance of sundry sermons. By Iohn Carter minister at Belstead neare Ipswych Carter, John, 1554-1635. 1627 (1627) STC 4695; ESTC S116220 101,087 134

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