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A27600 An exposition of the divine standard of prayer, styl'd the Lord's Prayer of the preface, conclnsion [sic], and of every petition of it, as of the prayer of the kingdom of Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ / by T. Beverley. Beverley, Thomas. 1692 (1692) Wing B2141; ESTC R37096 69,284 79

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