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A09963 An elegant and lively description of spirituall life and death Delivered in divers sermons in Lincolnes-Inne, November the 9.th, M.DCXXIII. vpon Iohn, 5.25. By Iohn Preston then Bachellor of Divinitie, and chaplaine in ordinarie to the Prince his Highnesse. Preston, John, 1587-1628. 1632 (1632) STC 20221.5; ESTC S115172 68,183 135

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