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A86299 The parable of the tares expounded & applyed, in ten sermons preached before his late Majesty King Charles the second monarch of Great Britain. / By Peter Heylin, D.D. To which are added three other sermons of the same author. Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662. 1659 (1659) Wing H1729; Thomason E987_1 253,775 424

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