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A80577 An antidote against lust: or, A discourse of uncleanness, shewing its various kinds, great evil, the temptations to it, and most effectual cure. By Robert Carr, minister of the Church of England Carr, Robert, fl. 1686-1696. 1690 (1690) Wing C629A; ESTC R231166 82,048 192

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