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A77990 Jacobs seed or The generation of seekers. And Davids delight : or The excellent on earth. / By the late reverend preacher of the Gospel Jeremiah Burrough. Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646. 1648 (1648) Wing B6090; Thomason E1162_1; ESTC R210094 70,993 190

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