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A36019 Prove all things, hold fast that which is good, I Thess. 5.21 handled in two sermons at S. Maries in Cambridge, the first on the Commencement-Sabbath, July 1, 1655, the other since / by William Dillingham. Dillingham, William, 1617?-1689. 1656 (1656) Wing D1486; ESTC R19188 41,854 64

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