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A09024 Abba father: or, a plaine and short direction concerning priuate prayer Also, sundry godly admonitions concerning time, and the well vsing of it. By Elnathan Parr, minister of the word. Parr, Elnathan, d. 1622. 1618 (1618) STC 19312; ESTC S100366 23,147 146

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