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A61805
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A dissuasive from revenge in a discourse upon these words, Recompense to no man evil for evil, Rom. 12.17. By Nicolas Stratford, D.D. Dean of S. Asaph.
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Stratford, Nicholas, 1633-1707.
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Wing S5933; ESTC R223758
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