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A04389 The haughty heart humbled: or, The penitents practice: in the regall patterne of King Ezekiah Directory and consolatory to all the mourners in Sion, to sow in teares, and to reape in ioy. By S.I. preacher of Gods Word. Jerome, Stephen, fl. 1604-1650. 1628 (1628) STC 14510; ESTC S120707 108,145 145

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