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A89503 A practical commentary, or An exposition with notes on the Epistle of Jude. Delivered (for the most part) in sundry weekly lectures at Stoke-Newington in Middlesex. By Thomas Manton, B.D. and minister of Covent-Garden. Manton, Thomas, 1620-1677. 1657 (1657) Wing M530; Thomason E930_1; ESTC R202855 471,190 600

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