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A36933 Holy rules and helps to devotion both in prayer and practice In two parts. The fourth edition. Written by the right reverend father in God, Bryan Duppa, late Lord Bishop of Winton, in the time of his sequestration. Duppa, Brian, 1588-1662. 1683 (1683) Wing D2660E; ESTC R220202 41,746 221

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