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A78191 A sermon preach'd to the Society for Reformation of Manners in Nottingham Novemb. 24. 1698. By John Barret Minister of the Gospel. Published at the desire of the said Society. Barret, John, 1631-1713. 1699 (1699) Wing B910C; ESTC R229513 26,880 64

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