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A93924 A paraphrasticall explication of the prophecie of Habakkuk, which is a prophecie that may supply us with fit matter of meditation for these times. Stokes, David, 1591?-1669. 1646 (1646) Wing S5718; Thomason E314_30; ESTC R200510 27,751 36

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