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A65690 Comfort for parents, mourning over their hopeful children, that dye young In a funeral discourse upon Jer. 31. xvii. And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord. By Thomas Whitaker, minister of the Gospel at Leeds, in York-shire. Whitaker, Thomas, 1650 or 51-1710. 1693 (1693) Wing W1713; ESTC R221995 29,944 125

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