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A47298 An help and exhortation to worthy communicating, or, A treatise describing the meaning, worthy reception, duty, and benefits of the Holy Sacrament and answering the doubts of conscience, and other reasons, which most generally detain men from it together with suitable devotions added / by John Kettlewell ... Kettlewell, John, 1653-1695. 1683 (1683) Wing K369; ESTC R14112 224,392 528

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