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A93787 A caveat against seducers: as it was preached by Richard Standfast, Mr. of Arts, and rector of Christ-Church in Bristol, whereunto are annexed the blind mans meditations. By the same author. Standfast, Richard, 1608?-1684. 1660 (1660) Wing S5204; Thomason E1816_2; ESTC R203605 25,969 77

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