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A39584 Hagioi axioi, or, The saints worthinesse and the worlds worthlesnesse both opened and declared in a sermon preached at the funerall of that eminently religious and highly honoured Knight Sr. Nathaniel Barnardiston, Aug. 26, 1653 / by Samuel Faireclough ... Faireclough, Samuel, 1625?-1691. 1653 (1653) Wing F107; ESTC R16705 30,836 42

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