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A43568 Christ displayed as the choicest gift, and best master: from Joh. 4. 10. Joh. 13. 13. Being some of the last sermons preached by that faithful and industrious servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. Nathaniel Haywood, sometime minister of the gospel at Ormschurch in Lancashire. Heywood, Nathaniel, 1633-1677. 1679 (1679) Wing H1757; ESTC R218948 147,704 290

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