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A43419 The three books of Hermas the disciple of Paul the Apostle. Viz. I. The church. II. The sheepherd. III. The similitudes. Englished by John Pringle. Hermas, 2nd cent.; Pringle, John, fl. 1661. 1661 (1661) Wing H1564A; ESTC R216863 72,436 193

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