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A66758 Meditations upon the Lords prayer with a preparatory preamble to the right understanding, and true use of this pattern : contemplated by the author during the time wherein his house was visited by the pestilence 1665 and is dedicated to them, by whose charity God preserved him and his family, from perishing in their late troubles / ... by ... Geo. Withers. Wither, George, 1588-1667. 1655 (1655) Wing W3169; ESTC R11913 123,479 218

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