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A40937 A loving salutation with several seasonable exhortations contained in two general epistles sent unto all the saints and persecuted people of God in the houshold [sic] of faith to be red [sic] among them before they be banished as bond-men and bond-women out of the land of their nativity for their religion and righteousness sake. R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.; Salthouse, Thomas, 1630-1691. 1665 (1665) Wing F491; ESTC R16033 8,192 14

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