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A65835 Wadsworth's remains being a collection of some few meditations with respect to the Lords-Supper, three pious letters when a young student at Cambridg, two practical sermons much desired by the hearers, several sacred poems and private ejaculations / by Thomas Wadsworth. With a preface containing several remarkables of his holy life and death from his own note-book, and those that knew him best. Wadsworth, Thomas, 1630-1676. 1680 (1680) Wing W189; ESTC R24586 156,367 318

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