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A27055 A true believer's choice and pleasure Instanced in the exemplary life of Mrs Mary Coxe, the late wife of Doctor Thomas Coxe. Preached for her funeral by Richard Baxter. Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. 1680 (1680) Wing B1433; ESTC R218157 25,373 74

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