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A Free and impartial inquiry into the causes of that very great esteem and honour that the non-conforming preachers are generally in with their followers in a letter to his honoured friend H.M. / by a lover of the Church of England and unfeigned piety ; to which is added a discourse on 1 Tim. 4:7 to some of the clergy at a publick meeting.
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Eachard, John, 1636?-1697.; H. M.; Lover of the Church of England and unfeigned piety.
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Wing E47; ESTC R23207
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