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A00564 The blacke devil or the apostate Together with the wolfe worrying the lambes. And the spiritual navigator, bound for the Holy Land. In three sermons. By Thomas Adams. Adams, Thomas, fl. 1612-1653. 1615 (1615) STC 107; ESTC S100391 96,543 190

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