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A44559 A plain discourse shewing how we are to walk after the Lord's Supper necessary for every communicant. From I Col. 10. That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing. Being the substance of several sermons preached to a congregation in Hatton-Garden. By John Horsman, an unworthy servant of Jesus Christ. Horsman, John, fl. 1698. 1698 (1698) Wing H2871A; ESTC R219052 49,125 155

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