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A17326 An exposition of the Lords Prayer made in diuers lectures, and now drawne into questions and answers for the greater benefite of the simpler sort: whereunto is prefixed a briefe treatise of prayer for all men. Published at the request of diuers godly and well disposed: by W. B. minister of the Word at Reading in Barkshire. Burton, William, d. 1616. 1594 (1594) STC 4174; ESTC S116670 83,241 268

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