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A42499 The whole duty of a communicant eing rules and directions for a worthy receiving the most holy sacrament of the Lord's Supper. By the right reverend Father in God, John Gauden, late Lord Bishop of Exeter. He being dead yet speaketh. Gauden, John, 1605-1662. 1685 (1685) Wing G373A; ESTC R217413 67,785 159

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