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A47565 The life and death of that old disciple of Jesus Christ and eminent minister of the Gospel Mr. Hanserd Knollys who dyed in the ninety third year of his age written with his own hand to the year 1672 ; and continued in general in an epistle by Mr. William Kiffin. Knollys, Hanserd, 1599?-1691.; Kiffin, William, 1616-1701. 1692 (1692) Wing K715; ESTC R25128 24,815 65

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