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A45548 The first general epistle of St. John the Apostle, unfolded and applied the first part in two and twenty lectures on the first chapter, and two verses of the second : delivered in St. Dyonis. Back-Church, An. Dom. 1654 / by Nath. Hardy ... Hardy, Nathaniel, 1618-1670. 1656 (1656) Wing H722; ESTC R31526 315,886 434

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