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A15765 A summons for sleepers Wherein most grieuous and notorious offenders are cited to bring forth true frutes of repentance, before the day of the Lord now at hand. Hereunto is annexed, a patterne for pastors, deciphering briefly the dueties pertaining to that function, by Leonard Wright. Wright, Leonard, b. 1555 or 6. 1589 (1589) STC 26034.3; ESTC S121115 49,627 64

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