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A16577 A frutefull treatise and ful of heauenly consolation against the feare of death Wherunto are annexed certeine sweet meditations of the kingdom of Christ, of life euerlasting, and of the blessed state & felicitie of the same. Gathered by that holy marter of God, Iohn Bradford. Bradford, John, 1510?-1555. 1564 (1564) STC 3481; ESTC S106823 29,063 104

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