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A40393 LI sermons preached by the Reverend Dr. Mark Frank ... being a course of sermons, beginning at Advent, and so continued through the festivals : to which is added a sermon preached at St. Pauls Cross, in the year forty-one, and then commanded to be printed by King Charles the First.; Sermons. Selections Frank, Mark, 1613-1664. 1672 (1672) Wing F2074A; ESTC R7076 739,197 600

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