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A44931 A practical discourse of silence and submission shewing that good men should possess their souls in patience under the severest providences : and particularly in the loss of dear relations : preached at St. Thomas's Hospital, Southwark / by William Hughes ... Hughes, William, b. 1624 or 5. 1694 (1694) Wing H3345; ESTC R2599 45,851 98

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