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A09758 The power of praier A sermon preached in the Cathedrall Church of Exeter in August. 1596. By Thomas Playfere Professour of Diuinitie for the Ladie Margaret in Cambridge. Playfere, Thomas, 1561?-1609. 1603 (1603) STC 20025; ESTC S119192 16,552 48

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