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A26018
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Some remarks upon the life of that painful servant of God, Mr. Nathanael Heywood minister of the Gospel of Christ ... who died in the 44th year of his age ... / by Sir H. Ashurst.
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Ashurst, Henry, 1614?-1680.
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Wing A3975; ESTC R35289
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