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A61649 Consolation in life and death wherein is shewed that interest in Christ is a ground of comfort ... begun in a funeral sermon occasioned by the death of Mrs. Ellen Asty, and since much enlarged : together with the life of the said Mrs. Ellen Asty / by Owen Stockton ... Stockton, Owen, 1630-1680. 1681 (1681) Wing S5697; ESTC R34617 76,502 170

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