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A32862 The memory of the righteous revived being a brief collection of the books and written epistles of John Camm & John Audland, those two faithful and honourable servants of the Lord, who were called to the work of the ministry in the morning of Gods blessed day dawned in this generation, and, with other brethren, bore the heat and burden of the day faithfully, to the end and finishing of their course, being entered into the joy of their Lord : together with several testimonies relating to those two faithful labourers / published for the service of truth and friends, by Thomas Camm & Charles Marshal. Camm, John, 1604?-1656.; Audland, John, 1630-1664.; Camm, Thomas, 1641-1707.; Marshall, Charles, 1637-1698. 1689 (1689) Wing C390; ESTC R22076 130,282 441

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