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A17412 Sermons upon the ten first verses of the third chapter of the first Epistle of S. Peter Being the last that were preached by the late faithfull and painfull minister of Gods word, Nicolas Byfield. Wherein method, sense, doctrine, and vse, is, with great varietie of matter, profitably handled; and sundry heads of divinitie largely discussed. Published since the authors death by William Gouge. Byfield, Nicholas, 1579-1622.; Gouge, William, 1578-1653. 1626 (1626) STC 4235; ESTC S107153 186,240 252

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